COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Monday, Oct. 26

A new indoor COVID-19 testing clinic opened at the Montague Legion on Monday.

The Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign will go aheadthis year "pandemic or not."

After a seven-month shutdown, the Access PEI office in Montague reopened Monday.

Holland College will be moving almost all of its classes into a blended learning model for the second semester that starts in January, which means more face-to-face learning for students.

Virtual meetings have helped with a dramatic decrease in wait times for psychiatric assessments on P.E.I.

With high school craft fairs shut down by the pandemic, hundreds turned out Sunday for an outdoor craft fair in Summerside.

There have been 64confirmed cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I. Of those, 63cases are now considered recovered.

There have been no hospitalizations or deaths, and there is no evidence of community spread.

Also in the news

• A new COVID-19 testing site will open Monday at the Montague Legion on Monday. It will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. until noon.
• The Charlottetown Islanders played their first two home games of the season at the Eastlink this weekend, with a limitednumber of fans in the seats and public health measures in place. The Islanders won both games Friday against Saint John and Saturday against Moncton to improve their record to 6-1.
• With a byelection on P.E.I. on Nov. 3, some are questioning the timing of an announcement last week by the provincial government of school expansions with the help of federal funding, though that money has not yet been approved.

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 isa guide onwhat parents and students need to knowabout attending school.

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