Ambulance
Are offshore oil rigs and installations prepared with sufficient masks and sanitary testing abilities
Are regional health authorities planning on bed closures this summer, and will the dedicated health care workers get the vacations they desperately need
Business continuity plans
Can minister confirm that an individual arrived in St. John's last night, entered a shelter in St. John's, and had to be tested for the virus after showing symptoms
Can minister confirm that we have secured an adequate supply of N95 masks for all health care workers including front-line workers and first responders
Can minister explain to the House when officials in his department were advised of the incident involving 85 health care workers
Can minister provide an update on the number of people who have been quarantined or isolated, and if there are any confirmed cases in the province
Can minister provide information as to when the backlog of assessments for mammograms and consultations with specialists will be addressed
Can minister update House on when officials in his department became aware of the incident involving 85 hospital workers
Can we have a public awareness campaign that would include print media and access for every individual so they can be reassured that they're safe, and have a process in place that they can immediately access, if they do contract the virus
Does minister agree that in failing to comply with the official pandemic plan and keep a strategic reserve of PPE available, the government was caught with its pants down
Does minister have an estimate of excess heart-and-stroke-related deaths during the lockdown
Does minister now have a plan to establish a stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) and can the minister provide specifics
Does Minister of Health dispute the statement of the president of the nurses union that government did not plan or prepare for the need for a strategic reserve of personal protective equipment (PPE)
Does minister support the lack of communication regarding wait times for surgeries in District of Torngat Mountains and all of Labrador
Does the minister have a policy against testing in the community
Has the absence of direct knowledge of the presence of the virus in the community been holding up decisions about moving forward to the next Alert level
Has the HealthLine been provided with guidelines should an individual call in that is suspected to have COVID-19
Have any monies been forwarded to Taskforce NL to procure personal protective equipment for Newfoundland and Labrador health care
How are our front-line health care professionals and first responders across the province being prepared
How can a health care worker get off a plane from a COVID hot spot and go directly into an acute care hospital
How can we assure people that when they are tested, the test will be analyzed and they will get answers back
How does minister's failure to disclose hospital incident promote public confidence that their crisis leadership can be relied upon to make good faith disclosure
How is it possible that Labrador-Grenfell Health does not have a formalized process for their out-of-province workers, after eight months of dealing with COVID
How was individual denied a critical diagnostic test
How would the largest hospital in our province violate the isolation rules designed to prevent from happening the need to isolate many health care workers after contact with a patient
Is it a health care crisis that we cannot get beyond 75 per cent bed occupancy for the foreseeable future
Is it a new policy that individuals who were on the same plane or in the same hotel with the essential care worker with COVID are not required to self-isolate, but only to self-monitor
Is it true that 30 out-of-province workers are coming to Long Harbour without the need to self-isolate
Is it true that it might take 18 months to return to normality for those on wait-lists whose appointments have been cancelled
Is minister buying all of the personal protective equipment that is available in this province from local companies
Is the lack of personal protective equipment preventing our hospitals from getting beyond 75 per cent of bed occupancy
Is the reason for the low testing rate because of insufficient supply of PPE
Is there a double standard between Labrador-Grenfell Health and Central Heath when it comes to self-isolation of workers
Is there a way to relax issues for surgeries in province, given that people are in constant pain
In light of the outbreak around the world, what protocol has minister put in place should overseas flights be forced to land in our province with passengers
Numbers of people tested and in quarantine
Rather than hire individuals with ties to the government, why doesn't government just listen to business and industry and take action
Referenced in budget speech
Shouldn't the Premier immediately implement border testing so that Newfoundlanders and Labradorians can travel back to the province in a safe manner
Vaccine
What is minister's plan for vulnerable populations to receive vaccinations as the priority population originally identified
What's the priority list for vaccines beyond front-line health care workers in COVID care, and when will vaccines be available to individuals outside of St. John's, including Indigenous groups and rural Newfoundland and Labrador populations
Was it a work-related essential worker who was given an exemption to come to Newfoundland and Labrador to work
Was recent death in Western Health region due to COVID-19 or other causes
Was victim in Western Health region aware that they had COVID-19, or was the test conducted after they had died
What action will be taken against individual who did not self-isolate when not working
What assurances can minister give middle-aged, single dad as to when he can expect his surgery
What can minister tell people who desperately need health procedures to relieve the high level of anxiety which they are experiencing
What confidence can minister give residents that time-sensitive services will be fast-tracked
What does minister have to say to family of person who died in hospital before staff could complete COVID-19 protocol and give crash therapy
What does minister say to the 60 per cent of nurses who feel we are not ready
What does minister's answer imply about the validity and accuracy of our testing for the virus
What is the plan to speed up the backlog for home support assessments
What is the reason that the non-resident individual who came to the province was granted an exemption
What public education is in place to ensure people are taking the necessary precautions to prevent acquiring the disease
What specific provisions is minister taking to protect our most vulnerable people and the health care workers who take care of them from exposure to an out-of-province essential worker who may arrive with COVID
When did minister find out about the facts of the case regarding personal protective equipment
When did minister learn that there is no stockpile of personal protective equipment
When is government going to break its chronic patterns of inaction, especially when lives are at stake, and finally start testing at borders
When was minister made aware of the incident involving hospital workers
Where have extra public health nurses been deployed and how will they support schools during COVID-19
Who is monitoring the essential workers coming from Quebec and Ontario, who should self-isolate when not working
Why are front-line health care workers not included in the program
Why are rotational workers held to a different standard than someone who has come into contact with a known COVID case
Why did Premier dissolve the all-Party pandemic committee
Why has department provided inconsistent and incorrect information related to recent cases
Why isn't minister requiring people to self-isolate until their test results are back, using an abundance of caution
Why would minister not procure all of the personal protective equipment that is available from local companies
Will minister admit that the delay in reopening health care services is caused by the lack of personal protective equipment right now in Newfoundland and Labrador
Will minister be putting in place self-isolation protections similar to those of New Brunswick
Will minister commit to daily briefings so that the public are kept well informed
Will minister commit to tabling an intensive, detailed plan developed by the regional health authorities to address the backlogs
Will minister consider precautions similar to those instituted in New Brunswick
Will minister table a breakdown of how many health care workers were asked if they could self-isolate, and their response
Will minister table his plan so that front-line health care workers and the public can be assured that our province will be ready in the event that we see cases of the coronavirus disease
Will minister table the list of personal protective equipment purchases in the last four months, detailing by supplier, quantity, and amount
Will minister table the regional health authority's plan to address the backlog for appointments, procedures, and surgeries due to the cancellation of non-urgent elective health services
Will Premier implement point-of-entry testing at our borders to protect Newfoundlanders and Labradorians
Will public health nurses be approved and designated to deliver rapid testing products