HALIFAX, N.S. --
As vaccine efforts ramp up during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, CTV News Atlantic explores what you need to know about the multi-phased approaches each of the four Atlantic provinces are taking.
New Brunswick:
New Brunswick will distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in four phases.
Phase 1, which is ongoing, focuses on immunizing the province’s most vulnerable, including long-term care residents and staff, frontline health-care staff, First Nations adults, and seniors.
The following groups are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine:
Those ages 75 and over are now eligible through pharmacy
Workers who regularly travel across the border, including regular commuters, truckers and rotational workers, are now eligible through pharmacy