The Government of Nunavut says more nurses from outside the territory will help respond to active COVID-19 outbreaks, CBC Canada reports.

This comes after the federal government arranged in January for three nurses and nine contact tracers to help respond to the wave of cases associated with the Omicron variant in the territory.

According to Nunavut Health Minister John Main, these nurses will be doing work specifically related to COVID-19, including testing, contact tracing and administering vaccines.

At a press conference Tuesday morning, Main said the health department is also working to increase staffing for the COVID-19 hotline to reduce wait times and speed up access to testing.

But he said the territory's response to COVID-19 continues to be "a situation of dealing with limited resources," both in terms of healthcare staff and in terms of safe and sufficient places for COVID-positive people to isolate.