N.B. reports no new cases of COVID-19 for 12th day in a row; no one in hospital

HALIFAX -- There are no new cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick for the twelfth day in a row and there is no one in hospital.

Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province's chief medical officer of health, said at a news conference in Fredericton on Thursday afternoon that there remain only four active cases of the 118 New Brunswickers who have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

She said she gets the sense that many people think this is enough and that COVID-19 is beaten, but she said that as long as it exists outside New Brunswick's borders, people in the province must remain vigilant.

To those wondering when they will be able to get a haircut or go the mall, or get their elective surgery -- basically when will life go back to normal?

Dr. Russell said: "Life will return to a different version of normal until we find a vaccine for this virus," Dr. Russell said. "There is no prize in being the first to get everything reopened."

Premier Blaine Higgs says beginning Monday, an online portal will be launched to match out-of-work NBers to the 600 jobs that would have been filled by temporary foreign workers.

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  "Life will return to a different version of normal until we find a vaccine for this virus," said Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health.