Public Health reported one new case of COVID-19 in New Brunswick on Wednesday (December 9).
The individual is in their 30s in the Saint John region (Zone 2) which remains in the Orange level of pandemic recovery.
Officials say the case is related to travel and the person is said to be self-isolating.
More people have recovered from the virus since Tuesday and the number of active cases has fallen to 74 in New Brunswick.
Three patients remain in hospital and are in the intensive care unit.
Meantime, the province’s chief medical officer of health fielded many questions about the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine during a Facebook Live question-and-answer event on Wednesday.
Dr. Jennifer Russell expects the vaccine will arrive within a week and vulnerable groups and those who care for them in long-term care homes and hospitals will be the first in line to get it.
Although recognizing that things could change, Dr. Russell believes it may take at least 12 months before all of the vaccines roll out and life gets back to normal.
As for a possible reopening of the Atlantic travel bubble, Dr. Russell says she is in regular contact with her Atlantic colleagues and none have a huge appetite to change anything right now.
Public Health has also issued a notification about a positive case of COVID-19 in a traveller who may have been infectious on Sunday, December 6 while on the following flights:
- Air Canada Flight 865 – from London to Montreal arrived at 4:20 p.m.
- Air Canada Flight 8792 – from Montreal to Saint John arrived at 9:20 p.m.
All individuals on these flights should continue to follow the directives given when they registered for travel to New Brunswick.
