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Exposure notice issued for Yellowknife to Ulukhaktok flight

Halloween was legitimately scary in Ulukhaktok this year, as the community hunkered down in the wake of an Oct. 29 exposure notification.
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Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated passengers on Canadian North flight CN260 from Yellowknife to Ulukhaktok on Oct. 29 must isolate for 10 days and arrange COVID-19 testing, the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer said on Nov. 1. Photo courtesy of Canadian North

Halloween was legitimately scary in Ulukhaktok this year, as the community hunkered down in the wake of an Oct. 29 exposure notification.

While not published online until Nov. 1, the news had reached the town by Oct. 31, as no trick or treating was held in the community.

Anyone who was on Canadian North Flight CN260 from Yellowknife to Ulukhaktok on Oct. 29, which flew from 10:20 a.m. to 12: 45 p.m., is asked to isolate for 10 days and arrange testing, starting immedietely, if only partially or not vaccinated. Anyone who is fully vaccinated is asked to self monitor and go into isolation if symptoms develop.



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