After the first weekend of “double bubbles” in Newfoundland and Labrador — allowing two households to come together amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Health Minister John Haggie says there are signs for concern.
[There has been] lots of other correspondence and photographs of suggestions that people have just walked through an open door than just nudged it open gently.
Newfoundland and Labrador saw no new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. The province’s total number of cases remains at 259. There are 24 active cases of the virus remaining in the province, as most people who contracted the virus have recovered. Three people have died since the first case of COVID-19 was announced on March 14th.
Haggie said that while the number of active cases has decreased, the time for larger gatherings to resume isn’t now.
“Obviously our big worry is a repeat of, say, a wake or visitation incident that triggered all our numbers in the first place,” Haggie said.
“If the numbers allow, then we can relax that gently over the course of the next few levels. Quite frankly though mass gatherings are going to have to wait.”