An update is coming later this morning on the IT outage affecting the province’s healthcare system.

Health Minister John Haggie, Eastern Health CEO David Diamond, and Pat Hepditch, Vice President of Solutions and Infrastructure with the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information will be on hand for the update.

VOCM news will be on that media availability and will have the latest as it becomes available.

As well, the regular live COVID briefing is taking place today.

The media availability with Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr,. Janice Fitzgerald, will get underway at 12:30 p.m. this afternoon.

VOCM News is airing the Kids Eat Smart radiothon this morning, 590 VOCM will broadcast the COVID-19 update and the IT outage update at 1 p.m.