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N.B. reporting 1 new COVID-19 case as vaccination clinics for high school teachers set to begin

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New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19 Sunday, as vaccination clinics for staff at 13 high schools are set to begin tomorrow.

The new case is in Zone 1 (Moncton region) involving a person in his or her 30s and is travel-related. The province says the individual is self-isolating.

There are currently 49 active cases and two people in hospital.

Meanwhile, the province has announced the high schools where vaccination clinics will begin for staff.

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  • Saint Mary’s Academy in EdmundstonJohn Caldwell School in Grand Falls
  • Cité des Jeunes A.-M.-Sormany in Edmundston
  • École Grande-Rivière in Saint-Léonard
  • École Marie-Gaétane in Kedgwick
  • Polyvalente A.-J.-Savoie in Saint-Quentin
  • Polyvalente Thomas-Albert in Grand Falls
  • Canterbury High School in Canterbury
  • Carleton North High School in Florenceville-Bristol
  • Hartland Community School in Hartland
  • Southern Victoria High School in Perth-Andover
  • Tobique Valley High School in Plaster Rock
  •  Woodstock High School in Woodstock

The schools will be closed Monday to allow staff to be vaccinated, as well as for them to plan for the full return to school.

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The province says 4,500 staff members from high schools provincewide will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccination between March 22 and 27.

In the coming weeks, clinics will be available for staff in elementary and middle schools, and for early childhood service providers and child-care staff.

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