Nunavik health authorities have hired new staff and public health nurses to boost its screening and testing capabilities in the region, to help prevent the potential surge of new COVID-19 cases as has recently been seen cropping up across southern Quebec.
Nunavik has seen a total of 19 cases of the virus since April, but only two of those cases are current: one in Kuujjuaraapik and another in Inukjuak.
A third case was confirmed last week in a Nunavik resident visiting Montreal, although that individual will be isolated there until it’s safe to travel again.
But the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services says its goal is to maintain low to no numbers in the region. To do that, health authorities are investing in quarantine and screening resources for people coming in and out of the region, a key tool in reducing the risk of the virus spreading.