Fog Blog Covid 19 Update: Dr. From Campbelton NB has Covid 19 , Now Suspended:

A long-term care worker is among two new cases of COVID-19 in northern New Brunswick linked to a family doctor who contracted the coronavirus outside the province and didn't self-isolate when he returned.

That brings the cluster of active COVID-19 cases in the Campbellton region to eight — three of them health-care workers, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell announced on Friday.

Two of the people who have tested positive for the respiratory disease are in intensive care, but in stable condition "at the moment," Russell told reporters during a news conference in Fredericton.

"Some may regard this as an issue that does not concern them because they don't live there or haven't visited there lately. But I need to tell you that in the strongest possible terms, this is not the case," she said.

Contact tracing shows people living outside the Campbellton region are in the circle of transmission. So the cluster "could easily spread to other regions," she said, urging people across the province to monitor for symptoms and continue to be vigilant.

The doctor linked to the seven other cases and who may have exposed at least 150 other people to the coronavirus has been suspended, the president and CEO of the Vitalité Health Network Gilles Lanteigne has confirmed.

The two new confirmed cases include a person in their 60s and the long-term care worker, who is in their 30s.