Dr. Renelle Gautreau, family physician at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont Hospital, receives her COVID-19 vaccine from nurse practitioner Sylvie Morin. (Image: Submitted by Government of New Brunswick)
New Brunswick is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 today (December 23).
Public Health say the five individuals are self-isolating and are as follows:
Two cases in the Fredericton region Zone 3:
- an individual under 19 which is travel-related
- an individual 60 to 69 which is connected to a close contact of a known case
Three cases in other health zones which are all travel-related:
- an individual 20 to 29 in Zone 5 (Campbellton region)
- an individual 50 to 59 in Zone 6 (Bathurst region)
- an individual 50 to 59 in Zone 7 (Miramichi region)
“We are seeing more travel-related cases, which means it remains very important to keep your number of close contacts low and follow strict self-isolation guidelines for out-of-province travellers, especially during this holiday period,” said Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health.
“We still have a long way to go and limiting your contacts will reduce the spread of infections so we can avoid a surge of new cases in January.”
The number of active cases in New Brunswick is now 46 with two patients in hospital and one in intensive care.
Meantime, a vaccination clinic to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to front-line health care workers began in Moncton today at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont Hospital.
The Edmundston region Zone 4 is now in the Yellow level of pandemic recovery with the rest of the province after the state of emergency mandatory order was revised yesterday.
In addition, Public Health has identified a positive COVID-19 case in a traveller who may have been infectious on Wednesday, December 16 while on the following flights:
- Air Canada Flight 176 – from Edmonton to Toronto, arrived at 6:30 a.m.
- Air Canada Flight 404 – from Toronto to Montreal, arrived at 10:16 a.m.
- Air Canada Flight 8902– from Montreal to Moncton, arrived at 3:54 p.m.
Travellers on these flights are asked to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 over the next 14 days.
