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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.
Boost spending, improve preventive care, say health-care reps on solving crisis
Representatives within New Brunswick s health-care sector say there needs to be a boost to provincial health spending and a pivot to focus more on preventive care to relieve pressures on the system now being felt with shortages of nurses and doctors.
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Paula Doucet with nurses union and Dr. Jeff Steeves with medical society weigh in on health-care woes
Posted: Jul 20, 2021 5:50 PM AT | Last Updated: July 20
Representatives for New Brunswick s health-care sector say more health spending is needed, along with more of a focus on prevention.(Shutterstock / hxdbzxy)
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