The Government of Canada plans to stop supplying provinces and territories with free COVID-19 rapid tests, which has an infection control epidemiologist worried about two-tiered health care, increased spread and increased health-care costs.
Nearly a year after the legislature unanimously passed an Opposition motion to update the New Brunswick Clean Air Act and improve air quality in public buildings to reduce the spread of airborne illnesses, such as COVID-19, the government says it won't update the act after all.
Whether you're getting on a plane to visit extended family, or getting ready to host a houseful of people, there are steps you can take to help ensure you're spreading cheer this holiday season and not COVID-19 or other respiratory illnesses.
Only about 14 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers have received the new COVID-19 vaccine designed to target the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant, figures from the Department of Health show.