Monday is the first day of a week-long Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine drought in Canada, and the sudden change in plan has several provinces scrambling to readjust their vaccine rollout scheduling.
Vaccination program on schedule in province, despite premier saying it could go faster
New Brunswick’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout is unfolding as it was supposed to, despite Premier Blaine Higgs talking about a new timeline target during this week’s spike in cases.
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After reviewing records showing how severely the pandemic has affected dozens of Baker County businesses, Bruce Nichols understands that nearly $700,000 in federal aid is no panacea.
âItâs a Band-Aid,â said Nichols, a Baker County commissioner who served as chairman of a committee that recently approved a total of $698,547 in grants to 67 businesses and nonprofit organizations. Many recipients are restaurants or other businesses in the hospitality industry, which have had severe restrictions imposed by the state during the pandemic.
The bandage reference isnât the only metaphor Nichols employs thatâs reminiscent of discussions in a triage unit.
âI hope this is a tourniquet for some of these businesses,â Nichols said on Tuesday, Dec. 29. âItâs really sad, the amount of losses that were involved in some of these businesses.â
New Brunswick is expecting to receive its first 2,400 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
Shawn Berry, a spokesperson with the Department of Health, said they anticipate the first 1,200 doses will be given during the first week of January.
“Public Health officials are collaborating with partners such as Social Development and EM/ANB [Extra-Mural/Ambulance New Brunswick] to administer 1,200 of the vaccine to long-term care residents at various Nursing Homes and Adult Residential Facilities around the province,” Berry said in an email Wednesday.
Berry said the remaining 1,200 doses will be set aside to be given as their second dose in 28 days.
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 4:15 PM AT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
New Brunswick s first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived on a cargo flight from Montreal early Tuesday morning. A box holding the 1,950 doses of the vaccine was then trucked to Miramichi. (Shane Magee/CBC)