SAINT JOHN, N.B. Visitor restrictions at New Brunswick long-term care facilities will remain in place for an additional two weeks once the province enters a Green phase of COVID-19 recovery. It is really just for our long-term care (facilities) to give them time to deescalate their situations, said Health Minister Dorothy Shephard on Wednesday. Social Development and Public Health are currently developing guidelines and recommendations for long-term care facilities for when our province reaches green. The New Brunswick government says it will ease COVID-19 restrictions under the Green phase when 75 per cent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated.