COVID-19

Dr. Sudit Ranade, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health, briefs reporters on the COVID-19 situation in the Yukon on July 13. (Courtesy/Yukon government)

Yukon bracing for respiratory illness surge: CMOH

Dr. Sudit Ranade sheds light on rationale behind decisions

 

A COVID-19 rapid test shows a positive test result. As the territory gets set to close its COVID-19 testing and assessment centre and make a number of other changes as it moves through the pandemic, it is reminding Yukoners that rapid tests continue to be available throughout the territory. (Yukon News file)

Yukon government shutters COVID-19 testing centre; isolation facility

Yukon government outlines new responses to COVID-19

 

A mask sits on a desk on June 9, which is when data that tracks the Yukon’s hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status was released in a memo. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

People who are behind on vaccinations make up 79% of hospitalizations, 92% of deaths in Yukon: memo

The data was released in a June 9 memo to health-care providers

 

COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared at the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter at 405 Alexander St. and Whistle Bend Place, as well as the Whitehorse Correctional Centre. (Yukon News/File photos)

COVID-19 outbreaks declared at Whitehorse jail, shelter, long-term care home

Yukon government no longer issuing public outbreak notices on routine basis

COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared at the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter at 405 Alexander St. and Whistle Bend Place, as well as the Whitehorse Correctional Centre. (Yukon News/File photos)
Liberal Yukon MP Brendan Hanley is seen in a recent pamphlet distributed by mail. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)

Yukon MP Brendan Hanley tests positive for COVID-19

The former CMOH says he tested positive on July 24

Liberal Yukon MP Brendan Hanley is seen in a recent pamphlet distributed by mail. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News)
Children between the ages of six months and five years are now eligible to recieve a COVID-19 vaccine. Appointments are anticipated to begin the week of July 25. (Yukon News file)

COVID-19 vaccine now available to children under 5

Appointments expected to be available in late July

Children between the ages of six months and five years are now eligible to recieve a COVID-19 vaccine. Appointments are anticipated to begin the week of July 25. (Yukon News file)
Dr. Sudit Ranade is seen at a COVID-19 update on July 13. (Screenshot/Yukon government via Facebook)

UPDATE: Yukon government ending vaccine requirements for high-risk workplaces

Shift signals ‘new reality’ of COVID-19, officials say

Dr. Sudit Ranade is seen at a COVID-19 update on July 13. (Screenshot/Yukon government via Facebook)
Dawnix Water Services Inc. and Haines Junction staff during the COVID-19 wastewater sampler installation. (Champagne and Aishihik First Nations/Submitted)

Haines Junction starting wastewater surveillance to track COVID-19

Champagne and Aishihik First Nations and Haines Junction governments take on testing in Haines Junction

Dawnix Water Services Inc. and Haines Junction staff during the COVID-19 wastewater sampler installation. (Champagne and Aishihik First Nations/Submitted)
Andy Lera (right) and his partner Pam Godin (left) pictured at Bennett Lake in July 2020 during their last camping trip before their experience with long COVID-19 set in. (Andy Lera/Submitted)

Yukon working group examines long-COVID

Yukoner Andy Lera believes he has been fighting long COVID-19 symptoms for nearly two years

Andy Lera (right) and his partner Pam Godin (left) pictured at Bennett Lake in July 2020 during their last camping trip before their experience with long COVID-19 set in. (Andy Lera/Submitted)
Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Catherine Elliott announced July 21 that a number of COVID-19 restrictions, including mandatory mask usage, will be lifted on Aug. 4. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)

Yukon government ending state of emergency, CEMA enforcement

Enforcement measures will now transition to the Public Health and Safety Act.

Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Catherine Elliott announced July 21 that a number of COVID-19 restrictions, including mandatory mask usage, will be lifted on Aug. 4. (Haley Ritchie/Yukon News)
The Ross River school is seen in 2008. A rapid testing clinic took place at the school on Aug. 17 and 18. (Jeremy Warren/Yukon News file)

Ross River reporting 17 COVID-19 cases

“This was Ross River’s largest single-day jump in cases since the outbreak began in June.”

The Ross River school is seen in 2008. A rapid testing clinic took place at the school on Aug. 17 and 18. (Jeremy Warren/Yukon News file)
Premier Sandy Silver during a live update on the COVID-19 situation at a press conference in Whitehorse on March 27, 2020. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Government releases transition plan for COVID-19 as state of emergency set to end

“The vaccine has protected us from a much higher case count.”

Premier Sandy Silver during a live update on the COVID-19 situation at a press conference in Whitehorse on March 27, 2020. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)