COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Friday, Nov. 6

Two new cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I. were announced by the Chief Public Health Office Friday: two men, one in his 20s and one in his 50s, who travelled outside Atlantic Canada.

Charlottetown's psychiatric urgent care clinic closed temporarily on Friday. The clinic is at the Hillsborough Hospital and was created when psychiatric patients were removed from Unit 9 at the QEHduring the pandemic's early days.

The Boys and Girls Club in Summersidehas seen a huge increase in demand for Project Backpack, aprogram thatdeliversnutritious food, recipes, activities and gift cardsto the doorsteps of families in need.

Right from the start, the pandemic has been driving demand for local food.

There will be no Christmas open houses hosted by the lieutenant-governor this year, or a levee to ring in the new year.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced P.E.I.'s climate change secretariat to delay some new programs in 2020, just as it wasgearing up to find ways to meet the P.E.I. government's new emissions targets.

Until Friday, Prince Edward Island was the only province in Canada with no active cases ofCOVID-19. There are now two, and 64 considered recovered. There have also been no deaths in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.The Yukon reported its first death Oct. 30.

Also in the news

• Some businesses on P.E.I.are adapting to current public health measures as planning for staff holiday parties picks up steam and groups look to celebrate in a physically distant manner.
• The COVID-19drop-in testing site in O'Leary haschanged its hours, nowoperatingMonday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 4 p.m.
• The Unit 9 psychiatric ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown has reopened after patients were relocatedin the spring to make room forpotential COVID-19 cases.

Further resources

• Here isinformation for livingwith the COVID-19 pandemic on P.E.I. including information on government relief programs, physical distancing measuresand essential health services.
• Here is achart tracking COVID-19 numbers and a timeline of COVID-19-related events on P.E.I.
• Here is a look at how coronavirus is spreading across Canada.

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