Prince Edward Island’s aggressive approach to curbing COVID-19 spread applauded P.E.I. has since entered a two-week “circuit-breaker” lockdown in an effort to deal with possible community spread of the novel coronavirus.The Atlantic bubble was established in July and allowed residents of the region to travel between the provinces without self-isolating.“I think we’ve seen within adjacent jurisdictions that the numbers haven’t materially changed all that much,” said Furey. “We’ve seen in Prince Edward Island nearly a full lockdown.
We don’t want to go there, so this is a measure to try to prevent that.”Furey also said the province would receive 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine next week. “Thank God,” he said. “Hope is on the horizon.” He.