New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says areas of the province outside Zone 5 (the Campbellton region) will move forward on the province’s COVID-19 and economic recovery road map on Friday.
The majority of the province will progress to the second phase of the “Yellow level”, while Zone 5 remains in the Orange. Zone 5 saw another confirmed case announced Thursday, a healthcare worker in their 20s employed at Manoir de la Vallée.
Daniel Oullette, the first New Brunswicker to die of COVID-19 was a resident at that same longterm care facility. Zone 5 extends from Whites Brook to the Village of Belledune, including Tide Head, Atholville, Campbellton, Dalhousie, Eel River Dundee, Eel River Bar First Nation, Balmoral, Charlo and Belledune.