The province is now asking all Health PEI staff to wear medical masks when in direct contact with patients and when they are unable to physically distance at least two metres. The COVID-19 joint response team of the Chief Public Health Office (CPHO) sent out a memo Wednesday to all Health PEI staff, directing them to wear masks. said it has contacted Health PEI about how many masks it has now and how long its provincial stockpile will last. (Jessica Doria-Brown/CBC)"If all employees are required to wear a mask, then there's going to be a lot of employees in Health PEI that are going to be required to wear that," said P.E.I. Call to require masks for visitorsO'Shea said nurses understand the need to wear masks.

Source: CBC News July 10, 2020 17:21 UTC