The province also announced that the positive case of COVID-19 that was confirmed at Moncton High School on March 21 is presumed to be the B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the U.K.
The school community has been notified of this, with the province adding that if anyone has been in close contact with a case, they will be notified by Public Health for contact tracing.
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“If you do not hear directly from Public Health, you have not been identified as a close contact,” the province said in a release.
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Vaccination clinics for high school staff This week, the province said that 4,500 staff from high schools provincewide will have the opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at a clinic in one of 16 locations.Schools will be closed to students on the days that local clinics are being held to allow staff to be vaccinated and to plan for the full return to school.According to the province, vaccination clinics in the Fredericton region will be available for staff from the following schools on Wednesday, March 24:
Chipman Forest Avenue School
Fredericton High School
Leo Hayes High School in Fredericton
Cambridge-Narrows Community School
Central New Brunswick Academy in New Bandon
Minto Memorial High School
Stanley Consolidated School
Harvey High School
McAdam High School
Nackawic Senior High School
Oromocto High School
École Sainte-Anne in Fredericton
Additional clinics will be held throughout the week for high school staff in the following areas:
March 25 – Saint John region
March 26 – Tracadie and Moncton regions
March 29 – Shediac, Bathurst, and Campbellton regions
“More detailed information about the clinics and registration will be sent directly to the appropriate school staff,” the province said in a release.In the coming weeks, the province noted that additional vaccination clinics will be available for staff in elementary and middle schools and for early childhood service providers and child-care staff as part of the large employer section of the vaccine rollout plan.
The number of confirmed cases in New Brunswick is 1,505.
Since Monday, six people have recovered for a total of 1,418 recoveries. There have been 30 deaths, and the number of active cases is 56.
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One patient is hospitalized. On Monday, 745 tests were conducted for a total of 246,475.
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