New Brunswick is advising {that a} strike by unionized provincial staff has led to the cancellation of COVID-19 vaccination and testing clinics, in addition to future delays in check outcomes.
Public Well being confirmed an individual of their 80s in Zone 5 (Campbellton area) died due to COVID-19.
It’s reporting 32 new circumstances and 70 recoveries, bringing the province’s lively whole to 513.
Of the brand new circumstances, 17 had been unvaccinated, 4 had been partially vaccinated and 11 had been totally vaccinated.
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In whole, 23 persons are in hospital. There are 13 folks in ICU, 10 of whom are unvaccinated. One individual is partially vaccinated and two are totally vaccinated.
At present, 85 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers are totally vaccinated and 92.6 per cent have obtained not less than their first dose of a vaccine.
CUPE strike impression
About 22,000 members of the New Brunswick department of the Canadian Union of Public Workers (CUPE) walked off the job final Thursday.
As a result of job motion, a vaccination clinic on the Brookside mall in Fredericton was cancelled. COVID-19 swabbing was additionally cancelled on Saturday at evaluation centres in Fredericton, Hartland, Moncton and Saint John, with greater than 300 appointments cancelled, in response to the province.
“Some circumstances prioritized by Public Well being had been diverted elsewhere for testing,” the province famous in a launch.
However the province mentioned the Dr. Georges-L-Dumont College Hospital Centre’s microbiology laboratory has been affected.
“Evaluation and testing exercise will probably be considerably impacted within the coming week.”
The province mentioned it might present an replace on Monday for “mitigation plans.”
Earlier than contract talks broke off final Tuesday night time, the union was looking for a 12 per cent increase over 4 years, whereas the federal government confirmed Thursday it was providing an 8.5 per cent wage enhance over a five-year interval.
CUPE New Brunswick president Steve Drost mentioned Sunday that the union’s bargaining group was obtainable in Fredericton and prepared to renew negotiations.
Regional breakdown of latest circumstances
The 4 new circumstances in Zone 1 (Moncton area) are as follows:
- three folks, ages 20-29
- an individual 40-49
Three circumstances are underneath investigation and one case is a contact of a case.
The 17 new circumstances in Zone 2 (Saint John area) are as follows:
- 12 folks, ages 19 and underneath
- two folks 30-39
- two folks 50-59
- an individual 60-69
One case is underneath investigation and 16 circumstances are contacts of a case.
The 2 new circumstances in Zone 3 (Fredericton area) are as follows:
- an individual , ages 20-29
- an individual 60-69
Each circumstances are underneath investigation.
The three new circumstances in Zone 4 (Edmundston area) are as follows:
- an individual, ages 19 and underneath
- an individual 30-39
- an individual 40-49
One case is underneath investigation and two circumstances are contacts of a case.
The six new circumstances in Zone 7 (Miramichi area) are as follows:
- an individual 20-29
- two folks 40-49
- two folks 70-79
- an individual 80-89
All six circumstances are underneath investigation.
— With a file from The Canadian Press
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