New Brunswick Health Minister Dorothy Shephard and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jennifer Russell held a press conference to address some of the questions and concerns of New Brunswickers, particularly of those in orange levels of recovery where the guidelines have been modified. In orange or red zones where a one-household bubble is required, the bubble can be extended to a caregiver or an immediate family member who requires mental, social and/or emotional support.

“As active cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in our province and across the country, it is understandable that stress and anxiety are also increasing,” said Health Minister Dorothy Shephard. “It is important to know that you are not alone in feeling the way you do. I urge New Brunswickers to pay attention to how they are feeling, take the necessary steps to manage the stressors in your life, and to reach out and ask for help if you need it.”

“Today there are hundreds of New Brunswickers in self-isolation, doing their part to slow the spread of COVID-19,” said Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health. “I am sure that very few of these people expected that this would happen to them, and even fewer made a plan for this eventuality. But everyone needs to be ready. Every New Brunswicker, in every region of our province, should have a plan for self-isolation in case they are directed to self-isolate.”