FOG BLOG NB COVID 19 ROUNDUP LOG: RECORD 36 CASES TODAY , EDMUNDSTON BACK IN RED!
IT HAS BEEN A GRIM WEEK HERE IN NEW BRUNSWICK REACHING NEGATIVE MILE STONES WITH A RECORD 36 CASES TODAY, MAKES ONE WONDER IF COMPLACENCY HAS SET IN AND WITH HOLIDAY PARTIES THESE EXTRA CASES ARE NOW BEING DISCOVERED......
Province reports record-high 36 cases
Outbreak declared at poultry facility
Schools to remain open in red phase
4 schools report cases of COVID-19
What to do if you have a symptom
New Brunswick officials announced 36 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a single-day high since the start of the pandemic. The cases include 24 in the Edmundston and Grand Falls region, or Zone 4, which will roll back to the more restrictive red phase effective at midnight. There are now 292 active cases in the province and one person is in the hospital. Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province's chief medical officer, said the Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton regions could move to red within days if the situation doesn't improve. "We're at the maximum of what we can deal with in the short term," she said at a media briefing on Sunday. Russell said 11 cases in the Edmundston region are linked to an outbreak at Nadeau Poultry in Saint-François de Madawaska, where mass testing was conducted. The community is near the Maine border, about 42 kilometres west of Edmundston. Some businesses must close under red restrictions, including movie theatres, barbershops and hair salons. Restaurants can only operate with takeout and delivery.......Education Minister Dominic Cardy said evidence has shown the safest place for students to be is school.
"We're working to keep students in school as much as possible to help support our public health goals," he said.
"When students are at school, they are in a supervised environment with strict health and safety protocols in place."
Changes are being made to the red-phase rules to allow for schools to remain open.
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