New Brunswick reports 27 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday

Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, said Professor Devi Sridhar who is a member of the Scottish Government Covid-19 Advisory Group.

2022 Academy Awards are just over a month away and while the night is sure to be unforgettable with surprises and snubs, one thing will not be in the cards: covid-19 vaccinations.Hollywood’s biggest night won’t require COVID-19 vaccinations proof for anyone attending the event.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, according to The Hollywood Reporter, is only asking for attendees to show a negative PCR test or a negative rapid antigen test on the day of the ceremony. Nominees, presenters and stars will gather on March 27 at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater to celebrate the best and brightest in film.This year’s SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards, on the other hand, will both require vaccinations.A rep for the SAG Awards (to be held on Feb.

The Queen is being monitored despite not showing any COVID-19 symptoms after her son Prince Charles contracted the virus for a second time Thursday.

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported seven deaths and 115 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, compared with three deaths and 189 cases last Thursday.The deaths involved three men and four women ranging in age from their 60s to 90s. Three were associated with long-term care.LHSC, meanwhile, is caring for 91 inpatients with COVID-19, 22 of whom are in adult critical care.As noted, LHSC is caring for 91 COVID-19 inpatients, with 22 inpatients in adult critical care.

NEW CASTLE, Del. - Delaware State Police is investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that took place on Wednesday evening. According to police, the incident happened near Frenchtown Road in the area of Quigley Boulevard around 5:58 p.m. A 21-year-old woman, who has not yet been identified, was walking on the right shoulder of eastbound Rt. 273.

DARBY TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Briarcliffe Fire Company has been shut down for at least the next 30 days as Delaware County officials investigate the alleged use of racial slurs on a recent virtual meeting. The fire company, located in Darby Township will not be receiving fire calls during the suspension. The suspension comes after a Jan. 27 virtual meeting between township fire companies and commissioners about a potential consolidation. According to a letter from the Goodwill Fire Company obtained by FOX 29, following the end of the meeting, a group of people remained on the call. The letter says there was then a group of people that could be heard discussing the meeting using foul language, and identifies those involved in the conversation as members of the Briarcliffe Fire Company. The conversation, which lasted an hour and 45 minutes, allegedly included racial slurs when discussing members of other fire companies and township residents.One of the Briarcliffe Fire Company members was also accused of making a joke about, Fanta Bility, a young girl who was killed in a shooting in Sharon Hill last fall.Derogatory and otherwise offensive comments were also allegedly made about other township officials.Township officials say the incident is under investigation, and that a criminal referral is expected to be made to the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office. MORE HEADLINES:In their letter, the Goodwill Fire Company Board of directors expressed their concern for the fire companies and safety of the community. "This is not appropriate and does not belong in the township," the letter read. Darby Township officials are scheduled to speak on the issue at 2 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia 76ers have reportedly agreed to a trade that would send Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and draft picks to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for James Harden. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that backup center Andre Drummond will also be heading to Brooklyn as part of the deal, and the 76ers will receive Paul Millsap as part of the deal. Wojnarowski reports that the picks Philadelphia is sending to Brooklyn include an unprotected 2022 first-round pick and a protected 2027 first-round pick.Harden and Simmons have dominated trade deadline headlines in recent weeks as the disgruntled Simmons had yet to suit up for the 76ers this season. Meanwhile the Nets were caught up in the rumor mill as they faced a risk of potentially losing Harden to free agency after the season and losing him for nothing. With Thursday's trade, the Sixers pick up a former league MVP in Harden to pair with MVP candidate Joel Embiid.

Stormont's Minister for Health has said he needs to talk to other ministers before decisions can be taken about further relaxation of Northern Ireland's Covid-19 restrictions.

trucker convoy in Ottawa are spilling over onto new fronts Thursday, with police reporting “a concerted effort to flood” 911 lines, protesters mobilizing at the local airport and hackers taking aim at city council.Earlier in the day, city officials had warned of traffic disruptions at the city’s international airport as the trucker convoy encamped across the city enters its 14th day, and some members appeared to be encircling the airport.That now appears to have ended, but it remains unclear whether the group will move to a different site or return to the airport.Ottawa police had told Global News they are “aware” of the convoy’s presence at the airport and shortly after, issued a tweet warning of attempts to target emergency lines.“We are aware of a concerted effort to flood our 911 and non-emergency policing reporting line. This endangers lives and is completely unacceptable,” the police service said.“It is a crime to unnecessarily call 911 or our non-emergency number (613-236-1222).

Beth Potter, president of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, Dr. Dominik Mertz, division director of infectious diseases at McMaster University, and Dr.

New rules on international travel in Scotland will come into effect from tomorrow as the country continues to emerge from the worst of the Omicron Covid wave.

Queen Elizabeth II met with Prince Charles before he tested positive for COVID-19 and is now being closely monitored, a royal source tells ET. On Thursday, Clarence House announced that Charles — who is vaccinated and boosted — tested positive for COVID-19 that morning and is now self-isolating. Our source tells ET that 95-year-old Elizabeth and 73-year-old Charles met on Tuesday after she returned from Sandringham.

The Queen's health is reportedly being "monitored" after she met with her eldest son Prince Charles recently, as he has been confirmed to test positive with COVID-19 on Thursday, February 10. While the 95 year old monarch has seen the first in line to the throne recently, Buckingham Palace have reportedly refused to confirm or deny whether she is currently testing positive for the virus.The palace source did confirm that the Queen is yet to display any symptoms, however.

Free COVID rapid antigen tests now available at Ontario grocery stores, pharmacies at one-box limit Singing and the playing of wind instruments have also not been permitted but the source says they will now be allowed with some health measures in place.The changes are expected to come weeks after students headed back to classes in-person, following a two-week pandemic shutdown in January.Schools have been closed and reopened repeatedly in Ontario during the pandemic and extracurriculars have been paused as a COVID-19 precaution at various points.

Gordon Ramsay's daughter Holly Ramsay has shared some life advice from her dad to her followers on social media.

At least 2M Quebecers infected during fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic Quebec provided 27,360 tests in screening facilities on Tuesday, the most recent day for which that information is available.Meanwhile, the results of 74,459 rapid tests have been declared by Quebecers on the government’s new website to date. Of those, 57,743 were positive results.The immunization campaign doled out another 31,779 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in the last 24 hours.

As Ottawa police take action on defiant and highly determined protesters, officers’ concerns are rising for the well-being of children who were brought along to the convoy’s occupation. Abigail Bimman spoke to some of the children’s parents on why they brought them there.

COVID-19 cases, including at several care homes, people are answering the call for help.Eric Marquis, Edmundston’s deputy mayor, says his wife’s grandmother is at one of the care homes with COVID-19 cases.“Things are pretty difficult because some people don’t understand what is going (on) there, they’ve been in their rooms for two weeks… some even more,” Marquis tells Global News.“At least in 2021, we have FaceTime and we have computers for actually being able to speak to the residents that are there; that’s what we’re doing on our side also.” Lockdown, red zone COVID-19 restrictions to stay in place in New Brunswick until early next week But during the difficult times, people from “all four corners” of New Brunswick are answering the

COVID-19 rapid tests.The government says it is developing a process to use rapid tests for some essential workers who currently require weekly tests.

COVID-19 concerns.“Farmers are under an immense amount of pressure any given day without a pandemic,” said Suzanne Fournier, the executive director of the National Farmers Union in New Brunswick. “And adding to the burden of their labour force challenges is never going to make things easier.”Hundreds of temporary foreign workers flock to Atlantic Canada annually to assist in various farm operations.Last week, the federal government announced a ban until the end of April on international flights to and from southern destinations like Mexico, which is the permanent home of many temporary foreign workers.

New Brunswick says there are positive signs regarding the COVID-19 outbreak that has gripped the province since the beginning of the year. Officials say the Moncton and Edmundston regions are moving in the right direction, so public health may soon be able to adjust the alert levels.

COVID-19 in the province on Thursday.Premier Blaine Higgs will be joined by chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell at 2:30 p.m.The briefing will be livestreamed on Global News.

COVID-19 pandemic, yellow has been the goal for New Brunswickers. In the colour-coded alert system, yellow has acted as a baseline, the phase with the least restrictions attached to it.But comments from the province’s chief medical officer of health and the minister of health suggest that the orange alert level is likely to remain in force for some time.Last week health minister Dorothy Shephard said that the province would remain in orange “for the foreseeable future.”Right now every health zone, with the exception of Moncton and Edmundston, are at orange, including zones 5, 6 and 7 that have just seven active cases combined.

COVID-19 vaccine rollout with a clinic at the Miramichi Regional Hospital.In the days and weeks since, several other clinics have been held throughout the province – but the process has remained relatively exclusive.So far the immunization rollout has been working through clusters the province has identified as “priority groups,” at localized clinics, with shots administered by public health nurses.As more doses become available in New Brunswick and immunization starts to become more mainstream, the rollout will expand to see doses doled out by other health-care workers – including paramedics and pharmacists.

COVID-19 cases across Atlantic Canada, the pandemic fortunes of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have diverged in the first part of 2021.New Brunswick reported 657 new cases in the month of January. In all of 2020, New Brunswick recorded 599 cases of the virus.Just across the border from Aulac, N.B., Nova Scotia reported just 94 cases of the coronavirus over that same period.

COVID-19 on Monday and said 273 active cases remain in the province.According to Public Health, three of the cases are in Zone 1 (Moncton region) and five in Zone 4 (Edmundston region).All individuals are self-isolating and under investigation, said public health officials. Black history resource site launched for New Brunswick teachers The province said the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in New Brunswick is 1,264.

coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 283.There are nine new cases in Zone 1 (Moncton region), one new case in Zone 2 (Saint John region) and 16 new cases in Zone 4 (Edmundston region).One of the Edmundston region cases is an individual over 90 years old.All cases are self-isolating and under investigation, the province says.

COVID-19, bringing the total number of COVID-related deaths in the province to 18.The province also reported 12 new cases of COVID-19, and said 283 active cases remain in New Brunswick.“It is never easy to hear that a fellow New Brunswicker has died from COVID-19,” said Premier Blaine Higgs. “Marcia and I extend our deepest sympathies to the person’s loved ones during their time of mourning.”“Our thoughts are also with the health-care workers who are continually providing care and comfort during the pandemic.

New Brunswick says the health zones currently in the orange phase of its COVID-19 response plan will remain there for several more weeks. But as Silas Brown reports, the province will modify its restrictions to allow for larger bubbles.

COVID-19.New Brunswick says $360,000 of the funding will come from the public transit category of the Safe Restart Agreement, a federal program meant to help provinces and municipalities during the pandemic. Maritime Bus delays route cuts, seeks assistance from N.B.

COVID-19 update on Friday as the province has now reported more cases in the first month of 2021 than it did all of last year.As of Thursday, New Brunswick reported 306 cases of COVID-19 in the month of January. In all of 2020, the province reported 599 cases of the virus.The skyrocketing cases are the result of multiple outbreaks in communities across the province.As part of its response to the increasing number of cases, New Brunswick has moved some of its health zones into an elevated level of its COVID-19 response plan.As of Friday, much of the Moncton area remains in the red level while the Edmundston zone remains in lockdown.

COVID-19 self-isolation rules introduced last week by the provincial government.Workers are required to self-isolate for 14 days and are not allowed to be in a home with other people while in isolation.The “rotational” nature of their work often means a few weeks at a job site outside New Brunswick followed by a break where workers return to their home province.Those breaks are often two weeks in length. N.B.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Fitzgerald says the four people involved in the cluster are close contacts of one another and are between the ages of 20 and 39.She also says there is a suspected case of COVID-19 at a daycare in the province, though no positive cases have yet been confirmed in connection with the facility.The fourth case announced today is related to international travel and Fitzgerald says there are now nine active reported infections in the province.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan.

COVID-19.Peter Lewis’ mother Joan Davis died January 21.She had been living in the Lily Court unit inside Tucker Hall at Shannex’s Parkland Saint John facility, where a COVID-19 outbreak continues to rage.

coronavirus on Wednesday as it announced two more residents have died in connection to the virus.Public health says the deaths include one individual in their 70s in the Edmundston region and one individual in their 70s in the Saint John region. The person in Saint John was a resident of Lily Court of Parkland Saint John’s Tucker Hall.“I offer my sincere sympathy to the families of the deceased, and I want them to know that all New Brunswickers grieve with them today,” said Dr.

Some say they’re concerned part of the local population doesn’t believe in the seriousness of the pandemic and isn’t interested in getting tested.The Edmundston region has been under a 14-day lockdown that began Sunday and has nearly half the 339 active reported COVID-19 infections in the province.Dr.

Residents in the Saint John and Fredericton regions are looking forward to a return to the orange phase of COVID-19 recovery in just a couple hours, perhaps none more than business owners. Travis Fortnum reports.

coronavirus on Tuesday, bring the total number of active cases to 339.The new cases include one individual in the Moncton region, three in the Saint John region, five in the Edmundston regions and one in the Campbellton region.All cases are under investigation, the province said. New Brunswick reports 14th COVID-19-related death, 2 zones to move back to orange Tuesday evening Effective at midnight, the Saint John and Fredericton regions are moving back to the orange phase of COVID-19 recovery.

New Brunswick chief medical officer of health Dr.

coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 334.There are 10 new cases in Zone 1, the Moncton region, nine new cases in Zone 4, the Edmundston region, and one new case in Zone 7, the Miramichi region.Zones 1, 2, 3 remain in the red phase of COVID-19 recovery, while zones 5, 6, 7 remain in the orange phase.Zone 4 went into a complete lockdown at midnight on Sunday. Edmundston area of New Brunswick in lockdown due to COVID-19 surge To date, the province has confirmed 1,124 cases, of which 776 have recovered.

New Brunswick reports 17 new coronavirus cases, Edmundston region goes into lockdown The order also forces non-essential businesses, schools and public spaces to close, including outdoor ice rinks and ski hills.The province says all indoor and outdoor gatherings from people of different households are prohibited.A detailed list of lockdown restrictions, including what can remain open and what must close, is available online.Provincial officials say they will evaluate the situation in the region every seven days, and cabinet may extend the lockdown if necessary.Zones 1, 2 and 3 remain at the red level under the province’s COVID-19 recovery plan.

COVID-19 on Saturday and said Zone 4 (Edmundston region) will go into lockdown effective at 11:59 p.m.According to Public Health, five of the overall cases are in Zone 1 (Moncton region), one case in Zone 2 (Saint John region), 10 cases in Zone 4 (Edmundston region), one case in Zone 5 (Campbellton region).All cases are self-isolating and under investigation, said health officials.“As we continue to manage our reality of COVID-19 in the province, I strongly advise everyone who is displaying COVID-19 symptoms to please get tested. Do not take chances with your health and those of your loved ones and others in the community,” said Dr.

Licensed practical nurses in New Brunswick aren’t giving up the fight for different union representation.The LPNs, who cite working conditions and pay among their concerns, recently lost a case before New Brunswick’s Labour and Employment Board.The LPNs want representation from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America … better known as the Carpenters Union.LPN Nicole Tompkins helped spearhead the campaign to leave Local 1252 of CUPE. She says 85 percent were in favour of switching union representation.

COVID-19 recovery.More than 6,000 students — about 27 per cent of enrolment — did not attend classes Thursday in Anglophone School District South, which covers the Saint John region.That’s up slightly from Wednesday’s 23 per cent, which came on the first day of the health region’s shift to the red phase.