Nunavut schools to reopen later this month as COVID-19 case counts decline

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut’s education minister says students will return to school remotely next week and in-person on Jan. 24. 

The territory of 40,000 people has been under lockdown since late December after COVID-19 cases spread rapidly across multiple communities.

Pamela Gross says the plan is to open schools on Jan. 24, but the chief public health officer will make a final call later this week based on COVID-19 case numbers.

There are 192 cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut that are spread over 13 communities, a drop from more than 200 cases earlier in the week.