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October 19 data published on the official website of the region gov.nu.caThere are no confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 in Nanavute. However, the Department of Health warns the entire population that it is not recommended to leave Nanavut as the second wave of COVID-19 is looming in Canada.
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Nunavut enforces some of the strictest travel restrictions in Canada. Already at the beginning of the epidemic, non-residents were barred from entering the region, and residents returning home must be quarantined for two weeks, he writes gazeta.pl. There are hotels in several cities where compliance with quarantine conditions is monitored by security guards and the health of residents is cared for by nurses. In such conditions, about 7 thousand. people.
Such severe restrictions have yielded positive results, with the first wave of COVID-19 bypassing the region, although the coronavirus has spread almost throughout Canada.
Life Press nuotr./Inuitai
However, Nunavut has no choice but to strictly follow the instructions. The new autonomous territory established in 1999 was inhabited mostly (85%) by Inuit (Eskimos). The region has a very large territory: more than 2 million. kv. km, but with a very sparse population: people live here in 25 settlements spread throughout the region.
This means that, in a sense, most people live in natural isolation. Some places can only be reached by plane. Apparently fewer visitors, less likely to get infected. However, there are also problems with testing: all samples have to be transported to larger settlements, and results are only available after about a week.
And the network of medical institutions is not very developed here. Even the regional capital, Iqaluit Hospital, can house up to 20 infected patients at a time. Therefore, in the event of an epidemic, patients should be transported to the southern regions.
The Inuit are almost 300 times more likely to develop tuberculosis than the rest of Canada.
Susceptible to respiratory diseases.
The Inuit are highly susceptible to lower respiratory diseases and many people suffer from tuberculosis. According to BBC News, Inuit are almost 300 times more likely to develop tuberculosis than the rest of Canada. This is due to poor living conditions and extremely crowded people in the settlements. Therefore, the coronavirus would also pose a huge threat that the country could not overcome.
At least so far, there are strict restrictions. The infections occurred only among miners who came to the gold mines from the south, but the virus did not spread more widely.
Life Press nuotr./Inuitai
However, it is not easy for the region. Telecommuting or learning gets stuck because the internet is too slow. With the volume of work barely handled by the post office, the region relies heavily on packages from abroad.
Health executives do not hide the fear that COVID-19 will reach Nunavut. Across Canada, the number of infections has already exceeded 200,000, and more than 9.7,000 died. sick.
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