{"id":248429,"date":"2020-03-14T23:36:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T03:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248429"},"modified":"2020-03-14T23:36:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T03:36:25","slug":"prince-edward-island-reports-first-positive-case-of-covid-19-woman-in-her-50s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/14\/prince-edward-island-reports-first-positive-case-of-covid-19-woman-in-her-50s\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Edward Island reports first positive case of COVID-19, woman in her 50s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The patient is a woman in her 50s from the Queens County area who recently returned from travelling on a cruise ship, said Dr. Heather Morrison, the province’s chief public health officer. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CHARLOTTETOWN \u2014 Prince Edward Island reported its first positive test for COVID-19 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The patient is a woman in her 50s from the Queens County area who recently returned from travelling on a cruise ship, said Dr. Heather Morrison, the province’s chief public health officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not unexpected, we have been talking for a long time about not if a case comes to P.E.I. but when,\u201d Morrison told a news conference in Charlottetown.<\/p>\n

She said the woman is at home with mild illness and her family is reported to be well.<\/p>\n

Morrison said the woman was tested on Wednesday after calling the province’s 811 health line and the positive results came back Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

She said the patient returned to Canada from her trip on March 7 and began experiencing symptoms on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should remind Islanders the importance of self-isolation and those measures on return from travel,\u201d Morrison said. \u201cAlmost all of the cases in the country are related to travel so there is a reason we are asking people to self-isolate when they come home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morrison said health officials were in the process of tracing people who have been in contact with the patient.<\/p>\n

\u201cContact tracing is being initiated this afternoon … and certainly we will know more likely by tomorrow,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On Friday, P.E.I. Premier Dennis King released a statement saying both he and his family were self-isolating after a trip to Boston earlier this week.<\/p>\n

King said they were only in the U.S. for less than 24 hours and he’s been told the risk of exposure to COVID-19 to both he and his family is considered extremely low.<\/p>\n

King said he and his family are \u201cfeeling great\u201d and aren’t experiencing any symptoms, but they are following advice from Morrison and are self-isolating and self-monitoring at home for the next 14 days.<\/p>\n

The premier said he would continue to work from a satellite office in his home, while government meetings would be conducted by phone.<\/p>\n

It was announced earlier Friday that Health Minister James Aylward was also in self-isolation after returning from a trip to Ireland.<\/p>\n

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