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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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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.
Canada surpassed 500,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as infections continued to surge while the vaccine rollout reached its final province.
UHN Director of Health Services Tamara Dus injects a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Canada surpassed 500,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as infections continued to surge while the vaccine rollout reached its final province.
Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold Saturday, with 252 new cases reported as well as eight more deaths.
Earlier in the day, Ontario and Quebec, the two provinces hardest hit by the pandemic, each recorded daily case counts beyond 2,000.
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UHN Director of Health Services Tamara Dus injects a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn December 19, 2020 - 9:00 PM Canada surpassed 500,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as infections continued to surge while the vaccine rollout reached its final province. Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold Saturday, with 252 new cases reported as well as eight more deaths. Earlier in the day, Ontario and Quebec, the two provinces hardest hit by the pandemic, each recorded daily case counts beyond 2,000. It s the fifth consecutive day Ontario has exceeded 2,000 new positive tests, with Saturday s tally at 2,357.