COVID-19

Faced with long lineups and heavy demand, health officials in New Brunswick were forced to cut short the distribution of free COVID-19 rapid-test kits at three locations today.

The doses are about one-third the size given to adults and teens age 12 and up.

Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story.

An emergency room physician in Toronto, Dr. Kashif Pirzada started lobbying colleagues and the federal and Ontario provincial governments to bring rapid testing to schools, a year ago.

Scott Livingstone, the health authority's CEO, says in a statement that he recognizes moving patients out of the province is stressful for the families involved.

The goals of the externship program, she said were that the program be sustainable, that it further opportunities to develop rural nursing, and that it enhance recruitment and retention.