New Brunswick’s health minister says the province is getting closer each day to its goal of having 75 per cent of eligible residents vaccinated with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine by early August.
Dorothy Shephard says people need to get their second shot because COVID-19 variants remain a concern – and hitting the target will allow the province to lift health orders such as mask-wearing and physical distancing.
Public Health says 53.5 per cent of New Brunswickers aged 12 and older are fully vaccinated and 79.9 per cent have received at least one dose.
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No new cases were reported in the province for the ninth consecutive day today with the number of active cases falling to two.
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