New Brunswick has reported its third new case of COVID-19 in a the last week and all are in a single cluster connected to a health-care worker at the Campbellton Hospital who failed to self-isolate after travelling to Quebec.
"The person who travelled did not self-isolate upon returning to New Brunswick," the province's chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell said Wednesday afternoon during a news conference in Fredericton. "Unfortunately not everyone is taking this seriously. It is very important that people be truthful with public health staff."
"We know we'll see more cases connected to this," said Higgs, who says the person was not "forthcoming about their reasons for travel upon returning to New Brunswick." "If charges need to be laid, they will," Higgs said. "We don't have all the facts, but over the coming days, we will get them." "We cannot afford to take chances with this virus," Dr. Russell said. "This is a global pandemic and it's not going to end until we have a vaccine. This virus does not move by itself; it moves with people. People can spread the virus even if they don't have symptoms."We have to control this within the region," Higgs said.
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