N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 19 new cases reported, third death at Saint John nursing home
Dollarama has temporarily closed 9 stores after a confirmed case, two more N.B. schools have confirmed cases, and a nursing home has reported a third death.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2021 7:03 AM AT | Last Updated: January 13
The Anglophone East School District announced a COVID-19 case at a Moncton school on Tuesday. And the Francophone Northwest School District announced a case at a high school in Edmundston.(Shawn Hempel/Shutterstock)
A third resident at Parkland Saint John has died amid a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility. In a statement Wednesday, Shannex said the individual was a.
HALIFAX New Brunswickers who ignore public health advice and go on unnecessary trips are selfish and don t deserve to be called citizens, Education Minister Dominic Cardy said Monday during a news conference in Fredericton. When Cardy was asked a question about people planning March break trips, he was blunt in his response. We ve been making it increasingly clear that travel is the source of COVID-19 into our province, Cardy said. Anyone who thinks it s a smart idea to go on a March break holiday in light of what Dr. Russell has said, in light of the evidence from around the world, is committing an act of selfishness against their family, against the community, and against the people of this province. They re draining health-care resources from people who need it and they re exposing themselves as people not worthy of the title of citizens.
HALIFAX New Brunswick health is reporting two deaths caused by COVID-19 in residents of a Saint John long-term care facility. The deaths involve two residents of Lily Court, of Parkland Saint John s Tucker Hall, who died Tuesday morning as a result of underlying complications including COVID-19. One of the residents was in their 80s and one in their 70s. Lily Court is one of the neighbourhoods inside Tucker Hall, which is where Nancy Cogger s 93-year-old father lives. To not be able to do anything to keep your parent safe, it s devastating, said Cogger. I think we need to move to the next stage and say, how do we stop the spread of this disease through this home, and it s through the vaccine.