The new cluster of COVID-19 cases in northern New Brunswick continues to grow. A long-term care worker, aged 30-39, and another person aged 60-69 are both linked to an infected male doctor in the Campbellton area who had traveled to Quebec and did not self-isolate when returning to New Brunswick.
Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, said a public health team assessed the long-term care facility and opted to test all residents and staff. “There were about 50 residents in that facility,” Russell told a provincial COVID-19 briefing Friday. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “And again, we have a rapid deployment team that was sent there to test them all and they’re