Premier Higgs examines options after CUPE strike impacts New Brunswick health care In total, 23 people are in hospital. There are 13 people in ICU, 10 of whom are unvaccinated.
One person is partially vaccinated and two are fully vaccinated.Currently, 85 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers are fully vaccinated and 92.6 per cent have received at least their first dose of a vaccine.About 22,000 members of the New Brunswick branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) walked off the job last Thursday.Due to the job action, a vaccination clinic at the Brookside mall in Fredericton was cancelled.
COVID-19 swabbing was also cancelled on Saturday at assessment centres in Fredericton, Hartland, Moncton and Saint John, with more than.