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People aged 12 and older will have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination and government identification to access certain New Brunswick businesses and events, such as restaurants and indoor funerals, starting next Wednesday in a bid to limit the spread of the virus and boost vaccination rates. Anyone entering New Brunswick, including New Brunswickers returning to the province, will also have to pre-register and show proof of vaccination, Premier Blaine Higgs announced Wednesday. If they're not fully vaccinated, they'll have to self-isolate for 14 days unless they can provide a negative test result after 10 days...In addition, people who work or live in certain communal settings, such as assisted living facilities, shelters, community kitchens and addiction and mental health treatment centres, will be required to be vaccinated, or to wear a mask and be tested for COVID regularly, he told the COVID briefing. Staff at nursing homes, special care homes and other adult residential facilities will also be required to either be fully vaccinated or wear a mask and be tested regularly.

The changes come as New Brunswick reported 63 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the largest single-day jump since the pandemic began, and another COVID-related death, the province's 48th and second since moving to the green phase of recovery.

A person in their 60s in the Miramichi region, Zone 7, has died "as a result of COVID-19," said Higgs, offering his condolences to family and friends.

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The province is now on a trajectory to record 100 new cases a day every day, said Dr. Jennifer Russell, the chief medical officer of health.

"New Brunswick is facing a grave threat from COVID-19," she said.

Twelve people are in hospital, more than the province has seen since last April, she said, and seven of them are in intensive care.