COVID-19 testing, according to provincial documents reviewed by Global News.The test will need to be taken within 24 hours of their return home, for both long-haul drivers and day-trip drivers.
Drivers will have to be tested weekly, or during their time in New Brunswick following a long-haul trip lasting more than one week, the documents indicate.The industry isn’t pleased with the move, says Jean-Marc Picard, the executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA).“There’s a lot of concerns, it’s overwhelming,” Picard says. “It’s not an 8-5 job.
So when you get home at 2 in the morning, you have a little time off and you want to spend it with your family.” Truckers navigate muddied health guidelines amid coronavirus.