COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Monday, May 25

P.E.I. Premier Dennis King and his PC government havesoared in popularity during the pandemic, according to a new poll.

A team of 28 Islanders from various backgrounds and organizations has been created to establish a plan for recovery and growth potential for the province over the next one, two, five and 10 years.

CBC News: Compass, P.E.I.'s 6 p.m. television news show, will return to its one-hour format June 15. It had been reduced to a half-hour in March due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Charlottetown restaurants are keen to set up patios to make physical distancing easier when they reopen June 1.

UPEIis planning a balance of online and in-person options for students when it reopens in the fall.

Dr. Heather Morrison, P.E.I.'s chief public health officer, is expected to give her next COVID-19 briefing Tuesday at 11 a.m.Morrison has led Islanders through the two months of the pandemic. Read more about her here.

P.E.I. has had 27 confirmed cases of COVID-19. All have recovered. More than 5,300 people on P.E.I. have been tested.

Also in the news

• Some retail stores and services such as barbers and massage therapists began reopening Friday duringPhase 2 of the province's ease-back plan.
• Some Island fishermen say a week into the delayed spring season, they're just not able to sell everything they're catching.
• P.E.I. campgrounds say they are struggling to prepare with lack of government information.
• The P.E.I. Legislature will hold its first sitting Tuesday since the start of the pandemic, and there have been some changes made.
• The Confederation Centre of the Arts is surveying Islanders to ask what kind of programming they might like to see this summer when pandemic restrictions ease.

Further resources

• Here isinformation for livingwith the COVID-19 pandemic on P.E.I. including information on government relief programs, physical distancing measures, andessential health services.
• Here arecharts tracking COVID-19 numbers and a timeline of COVID-19-related events on P.E.I.

More COVID-19 stories from CBC P.E.I.