New Brunswick Update on COVID-19 – May 10, 2021
In Fredericton, Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, and Dominic Cardy, New Brunswick’s minister of education and early childhood development, provide an update on the province’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic. The province is easing restrictions in the Zone 4 region and moving it to the yellow COVID alert level. Starting May 10, vaccine eligibility has expanded to people aged 40 and older. This comes as the bulk of the province has started voting in municipal elections. The Upper Madawaska and Edmunston regions have delayed in-person voting until May 25. (no interpretation)
New Brunswick COVID-19 Update
The section of Zone 4 that is currently in the Orange level, including Edmundston and the Upper Madawaska region, Saint-Léonard, Grand Falls, Drummond, New Denmark and Four Falls, will move to the Yellow level at midnight tonight under the province s mandatory order.
“I would like to offer my gratitude to the people of the Madawaska region,” said Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health. “Your patience and perseverance have enabled us to slow the spread of the virus and bring this outbreak under control. For the first time since mid-March, all of New Brunswick will be at the Yellow level. If we want to maintain this position, everyone must remain vigilant and follow public health guidance, including those who have been vaccinated.”
Cross-border commuters can t vote in person and struggle for clarity
People living in New Brunswick while working in Nova Scotia say government-imposed modified self-isolation is making it difficult to vote in the municipal elections Monday.
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Memramcook-Tantramar Green Party MLA Megan Mitton said there are hundreds of cross-border commuters in her riding who aren t allowed to vote in person because of isolation restrictions. She said the rules changed so late in the election that many people missed the deadline for mail-in ballots.(Shane Magee/CBC)
HALIFAX New Brunswick Public Health reported eight new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, a total that includes two travel-related cases of New Brunswickers who are isolating outside the province. Here s a breakdown of the new cases: Three cases in Zone 1 (Moncton region) are two people in their 20s and one person in their 30s. All three cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases. One case in Zone 2 (Saint John region) is a person in their 50s and is travel related. Three cases in Zone 6 (Bathurst region) are two people in their 50s and one person in their 60s. One case is travel related, one is a contact of a previously confirmed case and the other is under investigation.
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May 5, 2021 | 5:42 PM
More New Brunswickers voted in the advanced polls held Saturday and Monday that did in 2016. (staff photo)
More New Brunswickers came out to vote at advance polls in this municipal election than in 2016.
Paul Harpelle, a spokesperson for Elections New Brunswick, says 57,349 ballots were cast at advance polls on Saturday and Monday,
That’s an increase of 10,000 votes over the 2016 municipal vote, according to Harpelle.
Election day is Monday, May 10th, for most of New Brunswick.
Anyone living in the Edmundston and Upper Madawaska region will vote on May 25th.
All election results will be revealed that night.