COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Friday, June 4

COVID-19 is part of the reason housing board appointments have been delayed, says Sonya Cobb, the director of housing services with the province.

The province posted on social media Friday that it had reached 100,000 vaccinations against COVID-19. "We are making great progress. Let's keep it up!" the post said, adding links to where Islanders can find information on getting their doses.

Prince Edward Island's Chief Public Health Office reported two new cases of COVID-19 in the province Thursday. Both people, one in their 20s and one between the age of 10 and 19 recently travelled outside Atlantic Canada.

P.E.I. Chief of Nursing Marion Dowling saysIsland vaccine rates are on target, with 60 per cent of its targeted population 12 and over having received at least one dose.

The P.E.I. government has the right toask for proof of vaccinationat the border, says the provincial privacy commissioner.

P.E.I.'s tourism minister says he's confident the Islandwill have a successful tourism seasondespite reopening its borders to Canadian travellers later than New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.

However, some businesses are warning the tourism season on P.E.I.could be worse than 2020's, and they are urging Ottawa not to decrease wage subsidies.

Cohorts may remain in placefor Prince Edward Island students younger than 12 when they return to school classrooms in the fall of 2021, Health PEI told CBC News.

A group of P.E.I. businesses has sent a letter to the province voicing concerns around the upcoming tourist season and how it puts them at a"cleardisadvantage"with provinces that are reopening sooner.

Car rental companies on P.E.I. have seendrops in business of more than 70 per centduring the pandemic.

There have been 204cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I. andfour are considered active. There have been no deaths and two hospitalizations.

Nova Scotia reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday for a total of 251 active cases.

Newfoundland and Labrador confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 as the number of active cases fell by 10 to 80.

New Brunswick has 10 new cases, and 147 active cases.

Also in the news

• The Charlottetown Airport Authority says P.E.I.'s reopening plans are having anegative impact on the number of flightsbeing scheduled for at least the early part of the summer.
• Twenty-four people displaced by a fire at a Charlottetown motel wereself-isolating under public health ordersand have been safely moved to another location, says P.E.I.'s fire inspector.
• Island residents in the 18-29 age bracket who received AstraZeneca-Oxford from a P.E.I. pharmacy and are due for their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine will begetting a call to discuss options, says Erin MacKenzie, executive director of the P.E.I. Pharmacists Association.

TheseIslanders are currently eligible for a vaccine

• People over 12.
• Islanders over 18can book an appointment for a Moderna vaccine at a pharmacy.

You can find more information about how to get a vaccinehere.

Further resources

• Here isa chart of COVID-19 cases on P.E.I. since March 2020, and a timelineof pandemic events.
• Here is a look at how coronavirus isspreading across Canada.

Reminder about symptoms

The symptoms of COVID-19 can include:

• Fever.
• Cough or worsening of a previous cough.
• Possible loss of taste and/or smell.
• Sore throat.
• New or worsening fatigue.
• Headache.
• Shortness of breath.
• Runny nose.

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