New Brunswick announced four new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and expanded eligibility for vaccines.
People 50 or older may now schedule an appointment online to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine through the Horizon or Vitalité health networks or by contacting a participating pharmacy, said Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province s chief medical officer of health.
Anyone 16 or older with at least two chronic conditions, who may be more vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19, is also eligible, she said. I urge you to take whatever vaccine is offered.
Education Minister Dominic Cardy said all four approved vaccines represent a miracle of modern science and lashed out at the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, known as NACI, suggesting the national panel is undermining our decisions about which vaccines to take.
N.B. company s quick-results COVID-19 test now in use, but not in New Brunswick
A Fredericton-based company says it has accurate diagnostic tests that provide quick results and are effective on both the original COVID-19 virus strain and all four known variants, but they aren t being used here in New Brunswick.
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New Brunswick has received only about 59 per cent of the COVID-19 vaccine doses it was expecting, forcing the Department of Health to revise its rollout plans, says a spokesperson.
In Fredericton, Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, and Dorothy Shephard, the provincial health minister, provide [.]
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