Nunavut is reporting its first confirmed cases of COVID-19, however a spokesperson for the premier states that given that they didn’t originate in the territory they’ll instead be counted in other jurisdictions.
The area’s primary public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, states in a news release there are 2 cases at the Hope Bay gold mine 125 km southwest of Cambridge Bay.
Patterson says both miners are asymptomatic and were exposed to COVID-19 in their house jurisdictions.
He states the samples checked favorable on the GeneXpert device in Rankin Inlet late on September 16 and were validated by the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg on Sunday.
Cate Macleod, a spokewoman for Premier Joe Savikataaq, states in an email that the cases will be counted in the jurisdictions where the workers contracted COVID-19
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The area states at this time, there is no proof of transmission within the Hope Bay Mine site.
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The Nunavut federal government says its present public health procedures are not affected.
Nunavut does not note any confirmeded cases of the infection.
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A fly-in employee at the Mary River iron mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island was originally diagnosed positive on June 30, however the initial result was on the low end of the spectrum and an additional test in early July came back negative.
A presumed favorable case in the spring likewise ended up being negative.
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