Health Minister John Haggie has put new limits on long-term care workers, restricting them to one site of work. (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador)Two new cases of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador were announced Monday, as Health Minister John Haggie tightened restrictions on workers in the long-term care system. Haggie said long-term care workers can now only work on a single site, and must remain working there to the exclusion of other sites for the duration of the pandemic. reported its first case of COVID-19 in a long-term care setting, with a patient at a facility in St. Lawrence, on the Burin Peninsula. Watch the full April 13 update:"My understanding around long-term care facilities, for example in central [Newfoundland], is the issue is more physician mobility between long-term care facilities than nursing care or other health-care workers, for example," he said.

Source: CBC News April 13, 2020 14:33 UTC