{"id":22789,"date":"2020-11-23T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=22789"},"modified":"2020-11-24T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T20:21:00","slug":"the-bubble-bursts-pei-and-nfld-opt-for-a-two-week-break-nb-stays-the-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/the-bubble-bursts-pei-and-nfld-opt-for-a-two-week-break-nb-stays-the-course\/","title":{"rendered":"The bubble bursts: PEI and NFLD opt for a two-week break, NB stays the course"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4944765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"4944765\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Both Newfoundland and PEI have announced the reinstatement of 14-day self isolation protocols for travellers coming from the Atlantic provinces, thereby bursting the Atlantic bubble, at least temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey announced the measure on Monday, saying the change was temporary and would be updated in two weeks. The change comes into effect on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>A press release from the province says that any travellers with \u201cextenuating circumstances making the 14 days of self-isolation impossible,\u201d will be able to apply to be tested, and possibly shorten their isolation period.<\/p>\n<p>The province is also saying that non-essential travel outside of Newfoundland and Labrador is not recommended at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Over in PEI, Premier Dennis King made the announcement that the island province would be \u201csuspending our participation in the Atlantic bubble for a two week period.\u201d The measure takes effect at midnight Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe it is a step backwards for us even though we know it is a tough measure,\u201d said King. \u201cI feel it is a proactive measure, I feel it is a preventative step, and a pre-emptive decision, which we hope will allow us to maintain the level of almost ordinary life that we have been enjoying in this province.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Premier Blaine Higgs announced Monday afternoon that New Brunswick would not join PEI and Newfoundland in imposed self-isolation requirements for travellers from the bubble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db3ac84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"db3ac84\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both Newfoundland and PEI have announced the reinstatement of 14-day self isolation protocols for travellers coming from the Atlantic provinces, thereby bursting the Atlantic bubble, at least temporarily. Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey announced the measure on Monday, saying the change was temporary and would be updated in two weeks. The change comes into effect on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":22791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[218,223,225],"tags":[],"radio":[227],"origine":[274,275,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22789"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=22789"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=22789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}