Coronavirus: The place in North America with no cases

[LiberalArkie]

Covid-19 cases are rising in many parts of Canada, but one region - Nunavut, a northern territory - is a rare place in North America that can say it's free of coronavirus in its communities.

Last March, as borders around the world were slamming shut as coronavirus infections rose, officials in Nunavut decided they too would take no risks.

They brought in some of the strictest travel regulations in Canada, barring entry to almost all non-residents.

Residents returning home from the south would first have to spend two weeks, at the Nunavut government's expense, in "isolation hubs" - hotels in the cities of Winnipeg, Yellowknife, Ottawa or Edmonton.

Security guards are stationed throughout the hotels, and nurses check in on the health of those isolating. To date, just over 7,000 Nunavummiut have spent time in these hubs as a stopover on their return home.



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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54405736

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Wow, good for them! They did it right. n/t

[Enterstageleft]

2. Nunavut, Northwest Territories, & Newfoundland/Labrador...

are the only 3 Provinces & Territories in Canada we haven't been to.

I love Canada.


P.S. I don't believe there are any paved roads into Nunavut...could be wrong.

[Yavin4]

3. Life in Iqaluit Nunavut

[Celerity]

5. ahhh, the 2 :45 pm and almost dark day, just like here in Stockholm in 5, 6 weeks, lolol

At least we have a shedload more to do here than there (and it is far warmer as well, even though basically as far north).

[Klaralven]

4. Demographics of Nunavut

Nunavut is a territory of Canada. It has a land area of 1,877,787.62 km2 (725,017.85 sq mi).[1] In the 2016 census the population was 35,944, up 12.7% from the 2011 census figure of 31,906.[2] In 2016, 30,135 people identified themselves as Inuit (83.8% of the total population), 190 as North American Indian (0.5%), 165 Métis (0.5%) and 5,025 as non-aboriginal (14.0%).[2]

Nunavut's small and sparse population makes it unlikely the territory will be granted provincial status in the foreseeable future, although this may change if the Yukon, which is marginally less populous, becomes a province.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Nunavut

About 4 people per 100 square miles.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

6. Kind of expected

It's a sparsely populated territory with arctic climate. Seriously, the population of the territory is the same as the small city I live in. Barely anyone lives there and practically no one wants to go there.

[EarthFirst]

7. Quick! Send a team in from the outside to research why... nt

[PurgedVoter]

8. Social Distancing made easy!

All it takes is 25 square miles per person. So having a Government that understands the risk if disease and roughly 10 miles between people is much better than standing six feet away from an unmasked person yelling about it all being a hoax.
I am not sure about this but there might be a pattern to all of this.