New Brunswick is advising {that a} strike by unionized provincial employees has led to the cancellation of COVID-19 vaccination and testing clinics, in addition to future delays in check outcomes.
Public Well being confirmed an individual of their 80s in Zone 5 (Campbellton area) died due to COVID-19.
It’s reporting 32 new instances and 70 recoveries, bringing the province’s energetic whole to 513.
Of the brand new instances, 17 had been unvaccinated, 4 had been partially vaccinated and 11 had been totally vaccinated.
In whole, 23 individuals are in hospital. There are 13 folks in ICU, 10 of whom are unvaccinated. One individual is partially vaccinated and two are totally vaccinated.
Presently, 85 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers are totally vaccinated and 92.6 per cent have obtained a minimum of their first dose of a vaccine.
CUPE strike impression
About 22,000 members of the New Brunswick department of the Canadian Union of Public Staff (CUPE) walked off the job final Thursday.
Because of the job motion, a vaccination clinic on the Brookside mall in Fredericton was cancelled. COVID-19 swabbing was additionally cancelled on Saturday at evaluation centres in Fredericton, Hartland, Moncton and Saint John, with greater than 300 appointments cancelled, based on the province.
“Some instances prioritized by Public Well being had been diverted elsewhere for testing,” the province famous in a launch.
However the province stated the Dr. Georges-L-Dumont College Hospital Centre’s microbiology laboratory has been affected.
“Evaluation and testing exercise might be considerably impacted within the coming week.”
The province stated it might present an replace on Monday for “mitigation plans.”
Regional breakdown of latest instances
The 4 new instances in Zone 1 (Moncton area) are as follows:
- three folks, ages 20-29
- an individual 40-49
Three instances are below investigation and one case is a contact of a case.
The 17 new instances in Zone 2 (Saint John area) are as follows:
- 12 folks, ages 19 and below
- two folks 30-39
- two folks 50-59
- an individual 60-69
One case is below investigation and 16 instances are contacts of a case.
The 2 new instances in Zone 3 (Fredericton area) are as follows:
- an individual , ages 20-29
- an individual 60-69
Each instances are below investigation.
The three new instances in Zone 4 (Edmundston area) are as follows:
- an individual, ages 19 and below
- an individual 30-39
- an individual 40-49
One case is below investigation and two instances are contacts of a case.
The six new instances in Zone 7 (Miramichi area) are as follows:
- an individual 20-29
- two folks 40-49
- two folks 70-79
- an individual 80-89
All six instances are below investigation.
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