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https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/campbel...inues-to-affect-health-care-workers-1.4983790
Campbellton hospital closed as outbreak continues to affect health care workers
Laura Brown
CTV News Atlantic Reporter
Allan April
Atlantic.CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Sunday, June 14, 2020 4:32PM ADT
FREDERICTON -- The Campbellton Regional Hospital has been effectively closed until further notice, as an outbreak of COVID-19 continues to spread in the health care system of the northern New Brunswick community.
“As of last night, our Campbellton Regional Hospital is on lockdown. Nobody’s in, nobody’s out,” says Campbellton mayor Stephanie Anglehart-Paulin.
Vitalit? Health Network, which oversees the Campbellton Regional Hospital, says visits are now prohibited.
“The network has no choice but to take these measures immediately, given the evolution of the spread of COVID-19 in region five,” wrote Gilles Lanteigne, CEO of Vitalit? Health Network in a statement.
The emergency room is closed and all-non emergency services are cancelled until further notice.
Campbellton's mayor says the outbreak in her community is only getting worse.
“This is serious, like I don’t see this under control whatsoever,” says Anglehart-Paulin.
Outbreak centred around health care workers
What began as a small COVID-19 outbreak in the region has grown to infect dozens, and its latest victims are mostly health care workers.
On Sunday, New Brunswick reported no new cases of COVID-19 for the first time since June 6.
In a one week span between June 6 and June 13, 19 of 20 reported cases occurred in the Campbellton region...