Coming up on today’s Tantramar Report:
With schools in online learning mode, daycares have been busier than ever helping families where working from home is not an option. CHMA’s David Gordon Koch speaks with an early childhood educator about what life has been like so far in the Omicron wave.
And also:
New Brunswick is moving into Level 3 of its winter plan, with slight variations, tonight at midnight. The move comes as Public Health announces the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 has grown to 104, with 9 people in an ICU and 3 people on ventilators.
Four more people succumbed to the disease yesterday, bringing the death toll in New Brunswick to 178.
Case counts, though admittedly underreported, continue to climb. There are over 6600 active cases confirmed through PCR testing in the province. More than half of those are in two zones… Zone 2 – the Saint John region – has over 2400 cases, and Zone 1, has nearly 1900 cases.
Dornan’s plea as NB moves to level 3: “we just simply cannot tolerate 220 inpatients with COVID.”
UPDATE: FARMERS’ MARKET DELAYED SATURDAY, 2pm-4pm
Due to the forecasted Friday night storm, the Sackville Farmers’ Market is delaying opening tomorrow in order to let vendors and customers get dug out. The market will run from 2pm to 4pm, at its winter location on Lorne Street.
Along with grocery stores and other retail, the market is not affected by new level 3 restrictions coming into effect at midnight tonight.
MT A UPS CAMPUS RESTRICTIONS TO MATCH PROVINCIAL RULES
Mount Allison University has announced more on campus restrictions to match the province’s move to level 3. Classes, which were slated to run online until January 24th, will remain so until January 31st. The Athletic Centre will be closed outright, but the student centre and library will remain open for student and faculty use.
Mount Allison is hosting an online discussion today about Navigating the Pandemic… Students, faculty and staff will be asked to provide feedback, raise suggestions or ask questions about the government’s new Level 3 guidelines, or how Mount Allison can best navigate the winter term. Members of the Mount Allison community can register by contacting Heather Bembridge.