Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have issued a public health warning to people who arrived in the province aboard two separate WestJet flights last Monday. They say these passengers could have been exposed to COVID-19 – and they are being advised to call 811 to arrange for a test.

The passengers were aboard Flights 306 and 328, which left Winnipeg and Toronto for St. John’s on September 21st.  The warning follows an announcement Friday of a new case of COVID-19 in Newfoundland’s eastern region.

Police in PEI have fined two people for inviting too many guests to separate parties – violating health protocols. Officers responded to complaints of parties on Friday night in Brighton and in Lewis Point on Saturday.

Charlottetown Police Sergeant Jennifer McCarron told C-B-C there were up to 80 people inside at one party and 50 at the other. The party hosts were each fined one thousand dollars.

Newfoundland and Labrador and the federal government have announced $2.7-million in funding to help companies adapt to new technologies.The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology and Innovation will administer the program.

It will help businesses purchase digital solutions and access expertise so they can create online sales systems and generate new revenue. It’s anticipated the program will help 170 small and medium-sized businesses in the province.

Greek authorities say 12 crew members of a Maltese-flagged cruise ship on a Greek island tour with more than 1,500 people on board have tested positive to the coronavirus and have been isolated on board.

The Mein Schiff 6, operated by TUI Cruises, began its trip in Heraklion on the southern Greek island of Crete on Sunday night, with 922 passengers and 666 crew members on board, Greece’s Shipping Ministry said Monday. It had been due to sail to Piraeus, the country’s main port near the Greek capital, Athens, and later to the western island of Corfu.

Sample tests for the coronavirus were carried out on 150 of the crew members, the ministry said, and 12 of them were found to be positive. The passengers had undergone coronavirus tests before boarding and were not part of the sample testing.

Those who tested positive for COVID-19 had been isolated on board, and the cruise ship was headed to Piraeus.

Greek health authorities said the ship was expected to arrive on Tuesday, and a National Public Health Organization team would be on hand to re-test the 12 positive cases, as well as anyone else deemed necessary by the ship’s crew and on-board doctor. The health authority said all 12 of those who had tested positive were asymptomatic and with a “low viral load.”

Dubai’s tourism authorities have ordered all bars and restaurants in the city-state to stop serving and halt “entertainment activities” at 1 a.m. Hotels will be restricted by law to offering only delivery and room service after 3 a.m.

Authorities urged dining and drinking establishments to adhere to anti-virus protocols or face “consequential procedures and violations,” including shutdowns and huge fines. The new rules are the first since restaurants and bars were allowed to reopen in July as Dubai, a top travel destination known for its lively nightlife, emerged from lockdown.

The United Arab Emirates has recorded more than 90,600 infections since the pandemic began, including over 400 deaths. Daily new infection rates are now climbing to heights last seen four months ago.