coronavirus pandemic may have finally reached Nunavut, as the territory announced its first presumptive case Thursday.Chief public health officer Dr.
Michael Patterson said the case is a worker at the Mary River Mine on Baffin Island, about 176 kilometres southwest of Pond Inlet in the upper north of the territory.
Canada adds 302 coronavirus cases on Thursday as Nunavut reports presumptive case The worker had recently travelled to Nunavut for a shift at the open pit iron mine run by Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, Patterson said.
The worker was not showing symptoms, but was tested as part of routine screening.The person is doing well and is isolating from co-workers at the site, he added.