As COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths spike, N.L. health minister says health-care system will be ‘managed’ – CBC

Two experts say Public Health may be forced to reinstate some restrictions

Mar 30, 2022

Two weeks after all public health restrictions lifted in Newfoundland and Labrador, Health Minister John Haggie says the province is still forging ahead with its return to normal despite rising hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.

In an interview with CBC News, Haggie said the rising hospitalizations and deaths are not unexpected, and said he believes they may have peaked.

“At the end of the day, you know, it’s life with COVID,” Haggie said, “The opening up and the relaxation of measures has happened across the rest of the country and we’re just following them about two or three weeks later.”

Newfoundland and Labrador recorded a record-breaking 40 hospitalizations on Monday, and people are dying because of COVID-19 almost every day. The province has scaled back COVID-19 PCR testing so true case numbers are unknown, but are believed to be in the thousands.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/haggie-nape-covid-19-1.6401743