New Brunswick Reports First Presumptive Case of Novel Coronavirus

Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, has reported the province’s first presumptive case of COVID-19.

COVID-19 was diagnosed in a female between 50 and 60 years old from the southern part of New Brunswick. She travelled to France recently. Diagnostic testing was conducted at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre’s laboratory in Moncton and woman is in self-isolation after receiving treatment.

Dr. Russell said, “Public Health officials will be immediately reaching out to all individuals who may have been in contact with this person, assessing their health, and instructing them to stay at home for 14 days after their last contact with this person. Any close contact who has symptoms will be tested.”

World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) a pandemic.

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