Government Asks People to Get Tested After Newest COVID-19 Case

There was a long lineup in Happy Valley-Goose Bay for people waiting to get tested following a case of COVID-19.

A medical employee travelled to this province from Saskatchewan.

The Department of Health and Community Services is asking people who travelled on Air Canada Flights 7950 and 7484 departing Regina and Toronto for Deer Lake on Monday, September 21 to call 811 to arrange for COVID-19 testing.

People who stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Deer Lake on Monday, September 21 are also asked to call 811 to arrange for COVID-19 testing.

The department is asking people who travelled on PAL Airlines Flight 901 departing Deer Lake to Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Tuesday, September 22 to call 811 to arrange for COVID-19 testing.

People are also asked to call 811 to arrange for testing if they visited:

• Terrington Co-op in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Tuesday, September 22 between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.;

• Bargain Shop in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Wednesday, September 23 between 3:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.