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Nunavut confirms 1st COVID-19 case in Iqaluit, orders closures in capital city

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Nunavut has confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Iqaluit, the territory’s largest community.Chief public health officer Dr.

Michael Patterson says the person is isolating and doing well but did not say whether the person had travelled.Patterson says contact tracing has started in the community of about 8,000 and his team is working to identify high-risk contacts.As of 7 a.m.

Thursday, all non-essential businesses, government offices and schools in Iqaluit must close and indoor gatherings are limited to a household plus five people. ‘My people need help’: Nunavut MP decries territory’s living conditions in new report Patterson says businesses and schools in all other communities in the Baffin Island region can stay open with strict.

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