• Editorial
  • Sports
  • Amazing on the Land Stories
  • Special Features
  • Advertise
  • Contests
    • Moments with Mom
  • Northern Jobs
  • Tenders
  • Nunavut Visitors Guide
  • ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᑎᒍᑦ / Contact Us
Skip to content
NUNAVUT NEWS

NUNAVUT NEWS

Circulated in all 25 Nunavut communities.

Tag: swabs

Posted inNunavut News

COVID-19 testing without symptoms is ‘probably harmful,’ says Dr. Patterson

by Rajnesh SharmaMarch 17, 2020

Nunavummuit who do not exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 are not being swabbed. “It is of no use and probably harmful to swab people, who do not have symptoms of infection,” said Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson. Patterson explained, if an individual without any symptoms is swabbed the test result will “probably” be negative. […]

Recent Posts

  • Nunavut artists enter the spotlight at Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards in Ottawa June 5, 2023
  • Kugluktuk man returns home after successful search and rescue effort June 5, 2023
  • Nunavut News – June 5, 2023 June 5, 2023
  • Iqaluit student wins silver medal for public speaking at Skills Canada competition June 5, 2023
  • From tundra science to animal selfies — how Parks Canada operates in the far North June 5, 2023
  • Family demands excavation near gravesite stops immediately June 2, 2023
  • Sakku buys Clarion Hotel for new medical boarding home June 1, 2023
  • Flights from Gjoa Haven limited to medevacs due to low fuel June 1, 2023
  • Arctic Bay health centre closes temporarily due to staff shortages May 31, 2023
  • Kivalliq News – May 31, 2023 May 31, 2023
© 2023 NUNAVUT NEWS. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic