Public Health is looking carefully at its mandatory mask policy.
A Special Measures Order requires that masks be worn in public indoor places and where social distancing cannot be maintained.
Prince Edward Island lifted its mandatory requirement for non-medical masks to be worn in public.
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, says while PEI’s testing strategy is different from that of Newfoundland and Labrador, they are giving the lifting of mask requirements some consideration.
Officials expected some cases being imported to Newfoundland and Labrador when inter-provincial travel restrictions were lifted and having the mask policy in place gave them added assurance that a potential outbreak could be prevented.
Dr. Fitzgerald told reporters yesterday it is something they’re looking at and an update could be coming in the next few weeks.