New Brunswick reported four new COVID-19 deaths this week, has 15 hospital unit outbreaks and 25 outbreaks in nursing homes and other vulnerable settings, but the government remains silent about what people can expect from the virus this fall and any plans to fight it.
Only about 13 per cent of New Brunswickers aged five and older have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in the past five months, according to figures from the Department of Health. .
Many people have moved on from COVID-19, but Stephenville's Keith Muise says they'd be wise to remain cautious. He organized COVID Awareness Week to help inform people.
An Atlantic region scientist who studies immune system responses to viruses says he supports the further cut back in COVID-19 PCR testing, which takes effect in New Brunswick today, while an infection control epidemiologist calls the move "unfortunate" but not surprising.