Newfoundland COVID-19

• N.L. schools to reopen Tuesday, officials report two more COVID-19 deaths

  About 75 per cent of kids aged five to 11 have had their first doses, which the province's top doc said is the highest vaccination rate among children in the country.

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  Jan 20, 2022
  
• N.L. reports 466 cases of COVID-19, one hospitalization among 2,597 active infections

  Though the numbers seem small compared to other Canadian jurisdictions, today's caseload represents an infection rate of 89 diagnoses per 100,000 people.

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  Jan 2, 2022
  
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• Bars, theatres to close across N.L. as province reports 60 new COVID-19 infections

  Thursday is Tibb's Eve, a Newfoundland and Labrador holiday that is typically one of the busiest nights of the year for bars in downtown St. John's.

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  Dec 22, 2021
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• Omicron identified in all four Atlantic provinces after first case reported in N.L.

  Unlike the other three provinces, N.L. did not make a link between its case of Omicron and the COVID-19 outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia.

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  Dec 15, 2021
• N.L. vaccine passports mandatory by Oct. 22, but churches can choose masking option

  This came amid reports of growing community spread of the novel coronavirus in central Newfoundland - a region sometimes referred to as the province's Bible Belt.

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  Oct 7, 2021
• N.L. tightens rules in Baie Verte Peninsula over cluster of COVID-19 cases

  This comes as the province reports 16 new cases of the disease, 14 of which have been identified in the central region.

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  Sep 21, 2021
• More virtual campaigning in N.L. after community spread of COVID-19 in St. John’s

  However, with a COVID-19 outbreak in the St. John's area, Liberal Leader Andrew Furey says his party is shifting to more virtual style campaigning,.

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  Feb 9, 2021
• N.L. reports 2 New Cases of COVID-19 Saturday, moving cases above 300

  Health officials say both are travel-related.

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  Nov 14, 2020
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• A look at how Newfoundland and Labrador, P.E.I. plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

  Newfoundland and Labrador announced on May 29 that "bubbles" that had been limited to two households could invite six additional people into their circle.

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  Jun 6, 2020
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• N.L. reports no new COVID cases for 20th straight day, releases more guidelines

  The province's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, says one person is in the hospital due to the virus.

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  May 27, 2020