Nunavut's chief public health officer has confirmed Nunavut's first case of COVID-19, in Sanikiluaq. Because of the flight paths to Sanikiluaq, the sample was sent directly to the microbiology lab in Winnipeg, instead of being tested in Nunavut first. Nunavut residents are required to spend two weeks in hotel isolating before they can board flights to Nunavut. WATCH | Nunavut news conference on COVID-19:All schools, including the Nunavut Arctic College, are ordered closed to all but essential work. The positive case does not affect the current travel bubble with the Northwest Territories and Churchill Manitoba, the release says.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2020 18:04 UTC