FOG BLOG NB COVID 19 UPDATE LOG: 7 NEW CASES , PRESUMPTIVE VARIANT CASE IN HIGH SCHOOL!

New Brunswick reports 7 new COVID-19 cases, U.K. variant presumed in high school case.....New Brunswick reported seven new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.

According to the province, three of the new cases are in Zone 1 (Moncton region) and the other four cases are in Zone 4.

All four of these cases are contacts of a previously reported case.......The province also announced that the positive case of COVID-19 that was confirmed at Moncton High School on March 21 is presumed to be the B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the U.K.

The school community has been notified of this, with the province adding that if anyone has been in close contact with a case, they will be notified by Public Health for contact tracing.

“If you do not hear directly from Public Health, you have not been identified as a close contact,” the province said in a release.

In the meantime, the school has moved to distance learning for March 24 and March 25.

The province said the school will remain closed to students on March 26, due to the vaccination program for high school staff.......