N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Special care home resident who died in outbreak had 2 vaccine doses
Four of the five residents of a special care home in Grand Falls who died in a COVID-19 outbreak had received at least one dose of vaccine, and one of them had both doses, the Department of Health has confirmed.
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4 of the 5 residents of Pavillon Beau-Lieu in Grand Falls had at least 1 dose of vaccine, province says
Posted: May 12, 2021 8:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 12
The COVID outbreak at Pavillon Beau-Lieu, a special care home in Grand Falls, in the Edmundston region, Zone 4, has grown to 53 cases, including 38 residents and 15 staff.(Submitted by Madeleine LeClerc )
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Cases prompt closure of Fredericton high school
New Brunswick Public Health reported nine new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and issued a reminder about the importance of getting tested, even though the entire province is back at the yellow alert level for the first time since mid-March.
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A positive case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at another school in the Anglophone South School District.
Public Health says a case was confirmed at Dr. A.T. Leatherbarrow Primary School in Hampton over the weekend.
A letter sent to families Sunday says all students and staff and everyone in their household must self-isolate until 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 10.
The letter, signed by regional medical officer of health Dr. Yves Léger, said this will allow them time to complete contact tracing.
“This means that your child is not able to attend daycare and that you are not able to go to work. You are also not to receive any visitors at your home,” said Léger.
Students shuffled to school outside neighbourhood because of French immersion entry point
A group of Saint John students have been forced to go to a middle school outside their neighbourhood because the one they were supposed to go to can t accommodate them because of the year they started French immersion in in elementary school.
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Apr 22, 2021 8:22 AM
Dominic LeBlanc, president of the Queen s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. (Photo: Zoom screengrab)
When the federal budget was tabled, one of the proposals was that Ottawa will commit $27.2 billion over five years as long as the provinces contribute the same amount.
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he wants to know how the government can get it right in the province of New Brunswick.
LeBlanc said they decided to invest more than $30 billion as early as 2022 to work with provinces and providers.
“The provincial government cannot afford not to participate in this investment because it’s not only in the social development area of the provincial and federal governments responsibility, this will grow the New Brunswick economy,” said LeBlanc.