New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs and the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell are expected to provide an update on the province’s case of COVID-19 and will discuss the government’s ongoing response to the pandemic.
The premier confirmed one new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 123.
He said the three recent confirmed cases in Zone 5 are still active and are contacts of one case of a health-care worker who travelled to Quebec and did not self-isolate upon return to New Brunswick.
New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell and Premier Blaine Higgs held a COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday to provide an update on the province’s ongoing response.
During the briefing, Russell said that there were still no new cases for a seventh day straight, a week after the province reported its last new case. Of the 120 cases in the province, two remain active.
Russell also said she was happy to see people wearing a mask in public, but cautioned that it should not be used as a replacement for physical distancing. She advised that as the province continues to slowly reopen, people should remember to wear face coverings when in places where proper physical distancing may not be possible, but advised not to wear them all the time or an extended period.
After more than two weeks without any increase, New Brunswick has another confirmed case of COVID-19.
New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19 Tuesday, the first new case in more than two weeks.
There have now been 119 positive cases in the province, and 118 of them have recovered.
Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, says the latest case involves a person aged 30-39 in the Fredericton region.
It’s not known yet if the latest case is travel-related or community transmission.
New Brunswick health officials provided an update on Friday regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the province as well as an announcement on relaxing measures in combating the outbreak.
Over the next several weeks and months, New Brunswick will be gradually lifting COVID-19 restrictions, while complying with public health policies and advice, announced Premier Blaine Higgs. The four-step plan to ease measures will only progress if conditions under each level are met. The province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell said that if another spike of cases occurs, she won’t hesitate to reinstate restrictions again.
New Brunswick health officials will confirm the most recent COVID-19 cases Wednesday morning and update the province’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
On Tuesday, Premier Blaine Higgs and chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell both said they would be looking for a steady drop in COVID-19 cases over the next two weeks in order to determine if the province is past the peak of the pandemic. Higgs said this time period will be “critical” in determining whether additional testing is needed or whether some protective measures could be scaled back.
New Brunswick is reporting seven new cases of COVID-19 in the province Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 33.
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Jennifer Russell says all seven new cases are travel-related.
She says the current testing regime is focused on testing those most at risk.
Russell says she expects more people to be tested once the province sees any cases of community transmission.
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As of Wednesday, eight new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in New Brunswick, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 26.
During a provincial update, Dr. Jennifer Russell, the provinceās chief medical officer of health, said the cases are all related to travel.
Russell said the new cases involve individuals between the ages of 10 and 70.
As of Wednesday, Premier Blaine Higgs, who was also at the press briefing, announced there will be restrictions for all travellers coming from outside the province.
