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PoP NB (Protect our Province New Brunswick) is a grassroots volunteer driven advocacy group with the goal to create easy-to-access information on Covid-19. protectnb.ca

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Alt text continued the House unanimously adopted Motion 36 urging the government to modernize the Clean Air Act and urging the government to bring forward a plan to monitor, report on, and improve air quality systems in public buildings; BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislative Assembly urge the government to table a strengthened Clean Air Act in this session; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Assembly urge the government to present a formal plan of capital investment, no later than April 1, 2024, to bring all nursing homes to the most recent departmental design standards.
Motion 6 by Mr. Gauvin, seconded by Mr. LePage to propose the following resolution on Thursday, October 26, 2023: WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the risk of spread of airborne illnesses in public institutions such as schools, hospitals, and nursing homes if significant improvements to air quality systems in government buildings are not made; WHEREAS the Auditor General's report on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that 73% of nursing homes do not meet design standards that are now almost a decade old and that departmental staff acknowledged that they believe that the infrastructural deficiencies in nursing homes contributed to the COVID-19 outbreaks because the buildings were inadequate to mitigate airborne diseases; WHEREAS the Auditor General's same report also acknowledged that the Department of Social Development has no formal plan to bring these nursing homes up to standard; WHEREAS in the 2nd session of the 60th Legislative Assembly, the House
This image shows a series of gauges with the Oct 7 - Oct 20, 2023 Hazard Index scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. Read from left to right: Canada: 12.5 - SEVERE Alberta: 7.9 - VERY HIGH British Columbia: 13.3 - SEVERE Manitoba: 11.7 - SEVERE New Brunswick: 10.0 - SEVERE Newfoundland and Labrador: 11.5 - SEVERE North: 11.0 - SEVERE Nova Scotia: 18.4 - SEVERE Ontario: 9.0 - SEVERE Prince Edward Island: 6.4 - VERY HIGH Quebec: 13.3 - SEVERE Saskatchewan: 10.8 - SEVERE All Hazard Index input data and sources are available here (https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/) Hazard index scores are grouped into 6 ranges: LOW (<1, blue), MODERATE (1 to <2, white), ELEVATED (2 to <4, yellow), HIGH (4 to <6, light orange), VERY HIGH (6 to <8, dark orange), SEVERE (>8 red)." To access the past scores table, please visit https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/
Infographic: Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 26-Sep 8, 2023 NEW BRUNSWICK SEVERE: 9.1 (increasing) About 1 of every 170 people is infected ~4,000 - 5,600 infections this week How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections VERY HIGH, 7.6X higher. Long COVID estimate HIGH, 5.6X higher. Hospitalizations, ICU SEVERE, 9.5X higher. Deaths SEVERE, 10.3X higher. HOW TO HELP EVERYONE: -UPDATE vaccines. -WEAR N95-type masks. -AVOID indoor social gatherings. -AVOID crowded non-essential places. If you ARE HIGH RISK: ALSO AVOID outdoor social gatherings. Who is HIGH RISK? -People 60 and older, babies <1 year, pregnant. -ALL AGES: immunecompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection last 6 months.