Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon

A national shortage of measles vaccines will continue for at least another month, which means most people born before 1970 won’t be able to follow public health advice and get a shot before travel outside Canada — unless they cross the border to get the shot.

Canada is facing a shortage of measles vaccines amid a rise in cases across the country and around the world, and an increase in demand.

Spring COVID-19 vaccine boosters will be available April 2 to New Brunswickers considered most at risk of severe illness.

New Brunswick Public Health is encouraging people born before 1970 to get a measles vaccine if they plan to travel outside the country. New Brunswickers born in 1970 or later who have not received two doses of a measles vaccine should get immunized.

New Brunswick reported no new COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, the four-year anniversary of the first confirmed case of the virus in the province and in Atlantic Canada.

New Brunswick recorded another 20 confirmed cases of invasive group A streptococcal infections in February and of these, two more people died, figures obtained from the Department of Health show.

New Brunswick has more than double the number of lab-confirmed cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, than the other Atlantic provinces, according to the latest figures posted by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

With March break just days away, New Brunswick’s acting chief medical officer of health is urging people to ensure they’re fully immunized against measles before travelling outside the country.

Irving Oil president Ian Whitcomb is resigning from the post as the Saint John-based company continues a strategic review of its future.

The New Brunswick government is defending the use of travel nurses in the face of criticism over the high costs to taxpayers.