While people in vulnerable situations such as high-risk facilities will still notified by Public Health, Morrison said her office expects people who test positive to notify their close contacts. In the meantime, the premier also outlined several support programs that will be available for Islanders, including a $500 emergency payment for workers impacted by the pandemic. But we already have almost all these measures in place.' Supports for workers

'At different points in the pandemic, we would've introduced slightly different measures. 'There are harms when there's a total lockdown and we tried to limit our circuit breakers to very short periods of time,' she said. will focus on the measures it has in place, and that the government will be looking at what's working in the province and other jurisdictions. The premier said the province is trying to balance health and safety measures while trying to keep a sense of normalcy. 'But with the emergence of Delta first and now Omicron, zero is not a reasonable expectation anymore.' ', we were kind of in the position and belief that zero-case count was kind of our goal, and for the most part we were able to deliver upon that because of the measures that we had,' he said. Premier Dennis King said at the briefing the province is ready to impose more serious restrictions, but that the fact people aren't getting as sick as they once did means the province can take a 'different approach.'

'Although it is still early days and we continue to learn about the impacts of Omicron, we are doing many things right,' she said. 'It does appear that our high rates of vaccine and our public health measures are putting us in good stead and providing important layers of protection against serious illness.' Expecting zero cases is no longer reasonable, says premier Morrison asks Islanders to assume every gathering place is a potential exposure site.

She said the province will also no longer be able to identify and report exposure notifications, and that it will be using those resources elsewhere. But it's unknown where 20 per cent of cases contracted the coronavirus, which she said represents community spread. Morrison said most cases are related to travel or were close contacts to previous cases. The province has had a total of 1,191 cases. There are 680 active cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I.

Close contacts of COVID-19 cases can work at P.E.I.

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