COVID-19 announcements for Saint John, New Brunswick, and beyond.
The best resources for understanding what COVID-19 is and what precautions you can take are the World Health Organization (WHO), Health Canada and the Government of New Brunswick linked below:
Horizon’s internal COVID-19 web page
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html
IF YOU ARE FEELING ILL
Follow the steps outlined by the Government of New Brunswick:
– Continue to stay at home
-Immediately call Tele-Care 811
-Describe symptoms and travel history
-Follow instructions carefully
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Local Cancellations/Closures:
The Department of Education and school districts, in consultation with the New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association, are postponing all school and district-sponsored events involving students from different schools or the general public, until March 23.
CITY OF SAINT JOHN FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED:
• City Hall, 15 Market Square
• Municipal Operations Building, 175 Rothesay Avenue
• Leisure Services, 171 Adelaide Street
• All Fire Stations
• All Saint John Water drinking and wastewater treatment facilities
• All City-operated arenas, including the Charles Gorman, Hilton Belyea, Peter Murray and Stewart Hurley
• All City-funded community centres, Carleton Community Centre, the Nick Nicolle Community Centre, the South End Community Centre, and the Millidgeville Community Centre and the Irving Oil Field House drop-in programs.
• All visitor eating areas in the Saint John City Market
• The Canada Games Aquatic Centre
• TD Station
• The Lord Beaverbrook Rink
• Saint John Energy
• Saint John Transit counter services and offices
EVENTS
- Saint John Wine Fair
- The Scooby Doo Live Show
- The 3rd annual Harm Reduction Symposium at the Saint John Regional Hospital
- The Saint John Theatre Company will reschedule its spring productions. Late March performances of Driving Miss Daisy will be moved to the BMO Studio Theatre. The Wolves scheduled for May 7-8 will now take place in early October. Mary Poppins scheduled for May 20-23 is postponed until mid-November.
- New Brunswick Museum is closed until at least March 30 including Market Square Exhibition Centre and Douglas Avenue Collections and Research Centre.
- Concert at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed to a later date.
- Events hosted by the Red Cross have been cancelled.
- Imperial Theatre has postponed/cancelled upcoming events until and including March 28, 2020.
SPORTS AND RECREATION
- Saint John YMCA will temporally close all locations, including child care locations, as of 6pm on Monday March, 16.
- The Canada Games Aquatic Centre has cancelled weekend public swims and all fitness classes. Members still have access to the pool.
- The 2020 Canadian Masters Curling Championships, scheduled to take place at Riverside and Thistle St. Andrews clubs from March 28 to April 5, have been cancelled.
- The Kennebecasis Valley Basketball Association has suspended all practices and games indefinitely.
- The Canadian Masters Curling Championship in Rothesay and Saint John, scheduled to take place March 29 to April 5, has been cancelled.
- New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association (NBIAA) events.
- Hockey New Brunswick has cancelled all Hockey-Canada-sanctioned events for the remainder of the 2019-2020 season.
- GoodLife Fitness closed all gyms Canada wide including Fit4Less locations.
MALLS
- Starting Monday, March 16, McAllister Place hours of operation will be Monday-Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday Noon-5pm.
- McAllister Mall has suspended its wheelchair and stroller loan program, use of food trays
Last Updated: 10:25AM, Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
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Latest Info:
The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health recommends that any non-essential mass gathering (150 or more people) be cancelled or postponed until they are able to better determine the risk to our population.
Precautions/Steps to Take:
- Avoiding shaking hands;
- Practicing proper hygiene;
- Avoiding common sleeping areas;
- Discouraging attendees from sharing food or drinks;
Increasing social distance between others (ideally to two metres) by:
- Broadcasting events
- Offering virtual participation
- Moving the venue from indoors to outdoors
- Eliminating self-serve buffet style eating at social or religious gatherings;
- Encouraging people who are ill or those with high-risk medical conditions not to attend gatherings;
- Supporting hand hygiene by providing hand sanitizer dispensers in prominent locations;
- Ensuring event organizers have arrangements in place to safely isolate and transport people who become ill onsite;
- Communicating clearly to attendees about the risks and directing them to our advice on reducing the spread of illness.”
IF YOU ARE FEELING ILL
Click this link to the Health Canada Webpage and follow the directions: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/symptoms.html
