84 year old Pauline Gauvin, a long term care resident in Miramichi was the first New Brunswiker to receive the Covid-19 vaccine over the weekend. .
Nicolette Noel of Miramichi was the first nurse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine – while Dr. Carl Boucher of Caraquet was the first New Brunswick physician to receive the injection.
The first vaccinations were administered Saturday at the Miramihci Regional Hopsital.
Meanwhile, the province reported five new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday and none on Sunday. Public health did revise its total number of cases over the weekend, saying two Saint John area cases were accounted for in other provinces; while two other previously confirmed cases had now been identified as false-positive tests. As of Sunday afternoon there were 45 active cases of the virus remaining in New Brunswick.