FOG BLOG NB COVID LOG: 90 NEW CASES , 1 MORE DEATH AND CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR SOME AREAS!

N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Circuit breaker for some areas, 1 more death, 90 new cases.....Thanksgiving gatherings for all New Brunswickers limited to single households, says premier.....

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Breakthrough cases
Breakdown of new cases
13,000 eligible youth still unvaccinated
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Coon, Melanson join revived COVID committee
Percentage of delta cases has more than doubled
New public exposure notices
Previous exposure notices

New Brunswick has announced a 14-day COVID-19 circuit breaker for parts of the province deemed "hot zones" and limited all Thanksgiving gatherings to single households, as the virus claimed one more life and infected 90 more people. Other steps taken by the Higgs government Tuesday to try to "corral" the disease:.......The province has seen an unprecedented number of deaths, ICU admissions and hospitalizations in the past month and a record number of new and active cases, said Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell.

The health-care system is "extremely, extremely stretched," and more action is needed, she said.

"If we don't arrest the current spread of the virus, we will be facing more issues in our health system and the people it cares for.

"If the spread of the virus were to accelerate unchecked, we would have more than 100 New Brunswickers in hospital at one time with COVID 19. And we don't want that to happen here."

The circuit -breaker measures in the Moncton region, Zone 1, as far north as Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, the Fredericton region, Zone 3, north of Deerville, and all of the Edmundston region, Zone 4, are designed to protect the health-care system and prevent the virus from becoming even more entrenched, said Premier Blaine Higgs.

Starting Friday at 6 p.m., people in these areas must limit their contact to their single household, which includes individuals living together, caregivers for any member of the household, and any parent, child, sibling, grandparent or grandchild living outside the household who requires supports, he said.

"This means that indoor and outdoor gatherings are not permitted beyond your single household, except in public places where proof of vaccination is required," he told the COVID briefing..

Long-term care workers, staff and volunteers in schools and licensed early learning and child-care centres have until Nov. 19 to be fully vaccinated or face unpaid leave.
All government employees must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 19 or face unpaid leave.
Starting Oct. 12, rapid tests will be used in schools for unvaccinated students who are deemed a close contact of a positive case.