New Brunswick takes next step in recovery as Campbellton region sees another confirmed case

“Freedom Convoy” originally meant to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and quarantine rules for cross-border truck drivers has entered its 16th day on Saturday.Police in Windsor, Ont. say they’ve begun enforcement actions against protesters who blocked access to the Ambassador Bridge for days.They say they’ve told protesters at the scene to head home, and several have begun packing up tents.

Late Friday afternoon, a judge granted an injunction which prevents protesters from stopping the flow of traffic across the Ambassador Bridge. Sean O’Shea reports.

COVID-19 today as virus-related hospitalizations continue to decline across the province.The Health Department says 2,143 people are in hospital with the disease, after 144 patients were admitted in the past 24 hours and 215 were discharged.#COVID19 – En date du 11 février, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/aR2nlnEvXO— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) February 12, 2022It says the number of overall virus-related hospitalizations are down by 71.Officials say 153 patients are listed in intensive care, a drop of 11.The province is also reporting 2,359 new cases confirmed by molecular testing, which is limited to certain higher-risk groups.They say 33,661 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Friday.

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COVID-19 in Nova Scotia declined slightly since Friday, the province announced on Saturday.In an abbreviated weekend news release, the province said there were 79 people in hospital who were admitted due to COVID-19 and were receiving specialized care in a designated unit. That’s down by three since Friday.However, another three people were in intensive care, for a total of 14.

Police in Windsor, Ont., commenced their enforcement Saturday of an injunction granted on Friday by an Ontario judge to allow for protesters at the Ambassador Bridge to be cleared out. Sean O’Shea has more details on how the enforcement proceeded, with protesters closest to the bridge seen moving back peacefully, while others drove their vehicles away from the area.

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MOSCOW - With the risk of war looming larger, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden held a high-stakes telephone call Saturday as a tense world watched and worried that an invasion of Ukraine could begin within days.Before talking to Biden, Putin had a telephone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, who met with him in Moscow earlier in the week to try to resolve the biggest security crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War. A Kremlin summary of the call suggested that little progress was made toward cooling down the tensions.The closely watched call between Biden and Putin began shortly after 11 a.m.

HARPER, Kan. - Rain on a wedding day can be upsetting for any couple, but a tornado can be downright frightening during the vows.In some cultures, rain is viewed as good luck, symbolizing various things from fertility to unity. It can also represent that your marriage will last a lifetime. Candra and Caleb Pence would agree.It was May 19, 2012, and the 21-year-old bride was ready to marry the man of her dreams.

SALT LAKE CITY - Traffic deaths decreased in Utah after the state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation five years ago, new research published Friday by a U.S. government agency shows.The findings, which pertain to fatalities involving and not involving alcohol, provide initial validation for conservative lawmakers who passed the law over concerns from restaurant and tourism industry lobbyists.In the study published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, researchers wrote that, in the years after Utah changed the drunken driving threshold from .08% to .05% blood-alcohol content, the number of crashes and fatalities fell even though drivers logged more miles."Changing the law to .05% in Utah saved lives and motivated more drivers to take steps to avoid driving impaired," said Dr.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans.Protesters who gathered outside Kabul's grand Eid Gah mosque asked America for financial compensation for the tens of thousands of Afghans killed during the last 20 years of war in Afghanistan.Biden's order, signed Friday, allocates another $3.5 billion in Afghan assets for humanitarian aid to a trust fund to be managed by the U.N.

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COVID-19 on Saturday.According to the provincial COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths involve a person in their 70s and two people in their 80s in Zone 1 and one person in their 90s in Zone 4.A total of 286 people with COVID-19 have now died in New Brunswick. Anti-mandate demonstration in Fredericton enters Day 2 Since Friday, hospitalizations have dropped by 13, for a total of 122 people in hospital.

Ottawa is seeing another influx of people in the downtown as the demonstrations against COVID-19 public health measures and vaccine mandates enters its third weekend. Reports say there was some sort of party or additional protest late Friday night.

WILLINGBORO, Pa. - Officials in Burlington County announced Saturday that a man was shot and killed in a parking lot in a Willingboro shopping center. The investigation began after officers were called to the Kennedy Plaza in the 400 block of John F. Kennedy Way just after 7:30 p.m.

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the nature or extent of the challenges will not matter in fulfilling the promises made to the people.He noted that development activities continue in the country while taking necessary steps to control the COVID-19 pandemic.The President also pointed out that the economy, which had been collapsed for nearly two years, is gradually recovering.The President made these remarks participating in the first round of discussions in a series of sessions with professionals representing various fields, held at the President’s House on Friday (11).The professionals who participated in the discussion said that they are further committed to make the national programme a success by giving the necessary strength to achieve the goals desired by the President, said a statement.The professionals vehemently rejected the allegations spread by some sections with the objective of achieving narrow political agendas, the statement added.Experts in the field said that the new approach to agriculture initiated by the President is being continuously supported by the researchers and entrepreneurs who are engaged full time in these fields, further noted the statement.Representatives from a wide range of fields, including education, policy, sociology, agriculture, research, water and renewable energy, medical, engineering and innovation, were present at the discussion with the President.Ministers, State Ministers, Members of Parliament, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Secretary to the President, the Principal Advisor to the President and many others were also present.

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Ontario hospital on Saturday with COVID-19, as the province continues to battle the pandemic.New data released by the province on Feb. 12 suggests a drop in the number of people in hospital from the previous day.

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were discharged in the past twenty four hours taking the total to 10,31,304.

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◾New cases in State: 3,202◾New cases in B'lore: 1,293◾Positivity rate: State - 2.95%; Blore - 2.49%◾Discharges: 8,988◾Active cases: State- 38,747; B'lore- 16k◾Deaths:38 (B'lore- 10)◾Tests: 1,08,534#COVID

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coronavirus on Friday in the Campbellton region (Zone 5).According to the province, the new case is an individual between 40 and 49 and is an employee of the Campbellton Regional Hospital.The number of confirmed cases in New Brunswick is 154 and 125 people have recovered, including three related to the outbreak in Zone 5. The province also noted that there has been one death, and the number of active cases is 28.

COVID-19 outbreak in the Campbellton, N.B., area is calling for a public apology from Premier Blaine Higgs, claiming evidence shows he’s not to blame.Joël Etienne, the lawyer for Dr. Jean Robert Ngola, said a private investigator has found evidence that Ngola could not have been “patient zero” because everyone he came into contact with in Quebec has tested negative for COVID-19.“Which means, by definition, that if he got sick, he got sick in New Brunswick, not Quebec,” Etienne said in an interview Thursday.

coronavirus on Thursday, both in Zone 5 (Campbellton region).

People with licences, registrations, certificates and permits that had their expiration dates extended until the end of June due to the coronavirus pandemic are being encouraged to renew their documents now, according to the province. “The majority of licences, registrations, certificates and permits can be renewed online or through Teleservices,” Service New Brunswick Minister Sherry Wilson said in a statement.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]As of Tuesday, 121 people have recovered from the disease, including one related to the ongoing outbreak in the Campbellton area, known as Zone 5.The cluster of active cases has been traced back to a doctor who contracted the virus in Quebec and did not self-isolate upon his return to New Brunswick.More updates will be provided on the number of active cases at the press briefing scheduled to take place at 2:30 p.m.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]All areas of New Brunswick except the Campbellton region are in the “yellow” phase of the province’s COVID-19 recovery plan.Zone 5 remains in the “orange” phase, which allows for the following rules:Questions about COVID-19? Here are some things you need to know:Symptoms can include fever, cough and difficulty breathing — very similar to a cold or flu. Some people can develop a more severe illness.

COVID-19 update on Monday after a weekend spent backtracking and “clarifying” a new mask policy.On Friday, the province announced in a press release that it would require face coverings to be worn by anyone entering a building open to the general public beginning Tuesday, June 9.However, that directive was quickly clarified in a press release issued on Saturday.The province said that after a meeting of the cabinet, it was determined that it was “not (its) intent to place an additional expectation on businesses or the public regarding wearing a face covering in a public space.”Instead, masks covering the mouth and nose will be required in any location where physical distancing of two metres isn’t possible — the same rule that the province

coronavirus, bringing the number of active cases to 15 and the total to 137.In a news release Sunday, the province said the new case was identified in the Campbellton region and is linked to the outbreak at Manoir de la Vallée, a long-term care facility in Atholville. There have now been a total of 121 recoveries, one of which is related to the current outbreak in Zone 5.Four patients are hospitalized with none in an intensive care unit, according to the province, and 33,716 tests have been conducted as of Sunday.Of the province’s 137 cases, 69 are related to travel, 57 are from close contacts, 10 by community transmission and one is under investigation.There have been 18 hospitalizations and 13 patients discharged.

New Brunswick confirmed that there are no new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday.The number of confirmed cases in New Brunswick is 136 and 121 have recovered, including one related to the current outbreak in Zone 5 (Campbellton region), according to the province.There has been one death and the number of active cases is 14, which are all in Zone 5.

coronavirus-related death, reported Thursday, was an 84-year-old man from the facility with underlying health conditions. The virus made its way into the home amid a cluster of cases in the Campbellton region.Comeau’s father, Romeo, lives in a different wing from the outbreak.“He’s in his room, isolated, like a prisoner, but I think a prisoner can travel around,” he tells Global News.

coronavirus on Friday, a day after reporting its first death related to the disease.That puts the province at a total of 136 COVID-19 cases. Health officials say 121 people have recovered from the disease.Four people remain in hospital, one of which is intensive care.

New Brunswick has recorded the first COVID-19 death in the province.

The Campbellton Regional Hospital’s emergency department is expected to begin reopening Friday with limited hours.

The COVID-19 pandemic has let the air out of plans for a record-breaking transatlantic balloon flight from New Brunswick to France this summer.

There are now 15 active cases of the novel coronavirus in the Campbellton region after the province reported two more on Wednesday.

Peterborough city Coun. Stephen Wright says he made an “error in judgement” by recently driving to New Brunswick during the coronavirus pandemic.

Vitalité Health Network announced Wednesday the gradual reopening of certain services at the Campbellton Regional Hospital. 

Saint John Mayor Don Darling says he’s shocked that a municipal councillor from Ontario recently entered New Brunswick to research and monitor how restaurants are reopening.

New Brunswick is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 on Monday despite processing more than 2,000 tests in the previous 24 hours.

For the first time in weeks, New Brunswick will be holding a COVID-19 press briefing on a Sunday as the province deals with a sudden spike in cases in Campbellton.

New Brunswick confirmed one new case of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 129.

A Vancouver woman is asking New Brunswick to review the exemptions to the province’s COVID-19-related restrictions on travel after being denied permission to enter the province in order to bury her mother.

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.

New Brunswick is resuming driver’s licence road tests as the province continues to relax COVID-19-related restrictions in every region except the Campbellton area.

Most New Brunswick sports leagues have been in a holding pattern because of fears over spreading COVID-19, but an announcement from the provincial government last week changed that.