People are looking for answers after a health care worker tested positive for COVID-19 after traveling to Newfoundland and Labrador from Saskatchewan.
The woman, who received an exemption because of her status as an essential health care worker in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, is from Saskatchewan.
Contact tracing is underway for people who were on certain flights, stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Deer Lake, went to the Bargain Shop, or Terrington’s Co-op in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
This is the current line up of cars parked waiting to access Covid testing in Goose Bay. People are on high alert. #covid19nfld #COVID19 #nltraffic pic.twitter.com/dOrXTVBs5Q
— Carla Crotty (@CarlaCrotty) October 1, 2020
Finance Minister Siobhan Coady has to be tested as she was at the Holiday Inn in Deer Lake during the time period in question.
The regulations allow a person arriving in the province from outside the ‘Atlantic Bubble’ to work, but they cannot move freely about in the community until after 14 days.
A doctor in New Brunswick tested positive a few months ago after returning from Quebec. He was eventually charged.
Premier Andrew Furey says they are looking at whether the rules were broken. He says that’s why it is so very important to follow protocol. The first thing he did when he heard about it yesterday was to get the information out and contact Indigenous groups in Labrador.
The spread of a virus such as COVID-19 could have a devastating effect on Indigenous communities.
The line up in @TownCentreHVGB for #COVID19 testing is about 2km long. A healthcare worker from Saskatchewan was given exception to travel to Labrador to work @LGHealthNL tested positive for COVId19 #contacttracing and testing is on the way. @VOCMNEWS @evancareen @LabradorWatch pic.twitter.com/ctJJjJeRz5
— Yvonne Jones (@YvonneJJones) October 1, 2020
