Global News has learned a doctor connected to the new cluster of COVID-19 cases in northern New Brunswick has been suspended by the hospital where he worked.
Dr. Ed Schollenberg, the Registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick, confirmed a male doctor is at the centre of the outbreak.
He worked at Campbellton Regional Hospital, which is now closed to the public. “I can’t talk about it,” Schollenberg said, in an email to Global News, when asked whether the College was exploring its own disciplinary action. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The government is scheduled to provide another COVID-19 update Friday at 2:30 p.m.