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For months, Maritimers have been lining up to get their shot of COVID-19 vaccine, making an individual decision to go out and get their dose. However, for health-care workers on the front-lines of the fight against the virus, the question of whether they should have to get it is gaining momentum.
FREDERICTON On Tuesday, New Brunswick conducted 593 COVID-19 tests while Nova Scotia completed 2,564. Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province s chief medical officer of health, says New Brunswick has relied on the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, considered the most accurate tool to determine if a person has the virus, while Nova Scotia also uses the rapid test. We have always really tried to maintain our minimum threshold for being confident with our data in terms of PCR testing and when you look at positivity rates, we ve been comfortable with our positivity rate as well, she said. She says while testing is still important, her focus is on encouraging more people to get vaccinated.