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COVID-19 UPDATE (MONDAY)
Medical Officer, DR. Jennifer Russel says extensive contact tracing work and
the cooperation of residents has limited the risk of community transmission
in those regions.
Moncton region will stay red for now. Public Helath says it hopes to be able
to recomend the other health zones; Bathurst, Campbellton and Miramichi,
return to the yellow phase later this week.
Meanwhile Dr. Russel announced 27 new confirmed cases in New Brusnwick on Monday,
with four of those in Moncton, one in Saint John, three in Federicton, and 19
in the Edmundston-Grand Falls halth zone. Public Health is also reporting a
New Brunswick First Nations have announced they’re pulling out of the Higgs Government’s proposed “all nations working group”.
The province had announced the working group earlier this month to address recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Wul-ah’-stook-kway) First Nations announced they were withdrawing, calling it a political smokescreen created by the government. The withdrawl comes after the new Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Arlene Dunn, enraged first nations leaders last week when she amended an opposition liberal motion in the house removing language in the bill calling for public inquiry into systemic racism.