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By Staff The Canadian Press
Nunavut is extending its “circuit-breaker” lockdown as a rise in COVID-19 infections pushes the territory’s health-care system to a breaking point.
The territory’s chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, says the province now has 74 cases in eight communities after having zero cases on Dec. 21.
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Premier P.J. Akeeagok says a ban on indoor gatherings that was put in place before Christmas is being extended to Jan. 17 as a result of the rising case counts of the Omicron variant.
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Libraries, gyms, arenas and churches must also remain closed and restaurants are limited to takeout food only.
Patterson says testing and contact tracing is causing the strain on Nunavut’s health-care system and its workers.
He says he’s also concerned about rising cases in the coming weeks as people return to the territory from the south after the holidays.
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