CKNB News December 8,2020
CAMPBELLTON
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*CAM/MONC-FOOD TRUCK
An appearance by the Moncton-based Bangkok Food Truck in the Campbellton area late last month still has many locals talking.
The popular mobile canteen crisscrosses the province most of the year, serving up Thai food.
Some people were upset over the food truck being in the area not simply because it might be taking business away from area restaurants, but also a possible increased risk of bringing more cases of COVID-19 to the area.
The province has been requesting that people avoid non-essential travel and outings since the pandemic arrived in March.
Bangkok Food Truck owner Randy O’Brien tells the Tribune …. he takes every precaution in dealing with the public wherever he goes.
However, Tide Head village councillor Cathy Johnson-McDavid also tells the Tribune the truck should not have been in the area and she says to her .. it seems to be non essential travel.
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NB
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ALL/NB-Vaccine distribution
A small number of the most vulnerable Canadians could be immunized against
COVID-19 before the holidays.
Pending Health Canada approval likely next week, the provinces will begin receiving the Pfizer product, almost 250,000 by the end of the year.
1,950 shots will be coming to New Brunswick, which would be enough for 975 people. Each person needs to get two shots three weeks apart.
However, Premier Blaine Higgs tells Brunswick News 1,950 people will get those first shots and doses for the second shots should arrive in time three weeks later. Higgs says that’s better than the second shots sitting in a freezer for those three weeks.
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NB-Provincial numbers 2
New Brunswick is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 — one in the Fredericton area and the other in the Edmundston region.
Public health officials say both cases are self-isolating and under investigation.
They were announced as the province returned Fredericton and Moncton to the less restrictive “yellow” level of precautions thanks to a declining
COVID-19 caseload.
The province now has 81 active cases of the virus with three people in hospital, including two in intensive care.
(The Canadian Press)
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*ALL/NB-Vaccine distribution (brunswick news tue.am)
A small number of the most vulnerable Canadians could be immunized against
COVID-19 before the holidays.
Pending Health Canada approval likely next week, the provinces will begin receiving the Pfizer product, almost 250,000 by the end of the year.
1,950 shots will be coming to New Brunswick, which would be enough for 975 people.
Each person needs to get two shots three weeks apart.
However, Premier Blaine Higgs tells Brunswick News 1,950 people will get those first shots and doses for the second shots should arrive in time three weeks later. Higgs says that’s better than the second shots sitting in a freezer for those three weeks.
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NB COVID UPD GG/NB GOV (MON 4PM)
(Meanwhile) there were just two new cases of Covid-19 reported yesterday, continuing the encouraging decline in daily case numbers.
The new cases, which follow just six announced over the weekend, are in the Fredericton and Edmundston regions.
It’s the first time in 10 days that there isn’t a new case being reported in the Saint John region – the only area of the province that remains in the more restrictive orange phase of recovery.
The number of active cases of the virus remaining in New Brunswick now stands at 81, with three people currently hospitalised including two in intensive care.
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ALL
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ALL-National #s (Gov. tue.am)
Another bad day across Canada with almost 8,000 new cases reported…but there were also a lot of recoveries and the active case count actually dropped by about 1,800 to 71,542.
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ALL-vaccine politicking (wire tue.am)
The Opposition parties in Ottawa say the vaccine rollout is undermining public trust and risking people’s confidence in the science.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says the Liberals are to blame for any fear of vaccine safety. Green party Leader Annamie Paul says public health leaders, not politicians, should be providing vaccination information. N-D-P Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government has a responsibility to provide a complete plan for the vaccine rollout.
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NAT VACCINE GGg/WIRE (MON 4PM)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will receive up to 249-thousand doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the month.
Pending Health Canada expectd approval of the vaccine in the coming days – Trudeau says the first shipment could arrive next week.
He says shipments will continue then to arrive into January, with millions of doses on the way. The first phase is expected to include two doses of vaccine for roughly three million canadians in high priority groups – such a long term care residents and staff.
The military, along with federal and provincial health teams across the province were conducting dry run vaccine distribution exercises today to deal with logistical challenges – which included ensuring the vaccine is kept below negative-70 degree Celsius at all times.
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NAT BREAKDANCING
…and Breakdancing is coming to the olympics.
has come a long way since it began in the Bronx in the 1970s.
As of today, the street dancing style that emerged in the Bronx in the 1970’s is now officially an Olympic sport and will make its debut at the 2024 Games in Paris.
The International Olympic Committee says along with climbing, skateboarding, and surfing, breakdancing will make the Summer Games more gender balanced, more youthful and more urban.
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*ALL-National #s (Gov. tue.am)
Another bad day across Canada with almost 8,000 new cases reported…but there were also a lot of recoveries and the active case count actually dropped by about 1,800 to 71,542.
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*ALL/NS-Vaccine politicking (wire tue.am)
A small number of the most vulnerable Canadians could be immunized against
COVID-19 before the holidays.
Pending Health Canada approval likely next week, the provinces will begin receiving the Pfizer product, almost 250,000 by the end of the year.
Just under 2,000 of those will be coming to NovaScotia.
The Opposition parties say the vaccine rollout is undermining public trust and risking people’s confidence in the science.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says the Liberals are to blame for any fear of vaccine safety.
Green party Leader Annamie Paul says public health leaders, not politicians, should be providing vaccination information.
N-D-P Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government has a responsibility to provide a complete plan for the vaccine rollout.
(19)
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SPTS-AM (John)
In sports…
The Steelers lost their first game of the year in 25 starts as Washington came from behind for a 23-17 win over Pittsburgh.
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In the other Monday night game, Josh Allen threw four touchdown passes as the Bills downed the 49ers 34-24.
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