N.B. health minister won't reaffirm vaccine mandate for health-care workers
New Brunswick Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said on Thursday that she had been reviewing Quebec and Ontario's decisions requiring health care workers to be vaccinated.
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New Brunswick Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said on Thursday that she had been reviewing Quebec and Ontario's decisions requiring health care workers to be vaccinated.
Saint John's only COVID-19 assessment centre is closed indefinitely due to the ongoing labour dispute, according to the Horizon Health Network.
Five more New Brunswickers have died from COVID-19, Public Health reported Wednesday. That pushes the total number of COVID-related deaths to 24 in the past eight days and 99 since the pandemic began.
It was a different scene on Monday morning in Moncton at one of the test kit pick-up sites as dozens lined up to get their hands on a free rapid-test kit.
With dozens of COVID-19 patients in hospitals across New Brunswick, combined with an ongoing staffing shortage, Paula Doucet calls the situation "scary."