Health Minister John Haggie says there will be consequences if it’s learned that an essential health care worker was not abiding by public health measures set out to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

He was grilled in the House of Assembly yesterday by the PC MHA for Torngat Mountains Lela Evans and Opposition health critic David Brazil on the matter.

Happy Valley-Goose Bay yesterday saw lineups kilometres long for COVID testing after a public advisory was issued indicating that an essential health care worker who traveled from Saskatchewan to Happy Valley-Goose Bay via Deer Lake had tested positive for the virus. It’s been learned that she subsequently visited a number of local businesses following her arrival in Labrador.

Haggie says while it’s important not to jump to conclusions, conditions and restrictions are in place for a reason and if an investigation proves those restrictions were disregarded, there will be consequences.

As of yesterday, there were no new confirmed or presumed positive cases related to the Labrador health care worker case.

However, there was one active case of the virus reported in the central health region yesterday: A woman between 20 and 39 years old who just returned from Alberta.

She has been isolating since her return and contact tracing is underway.