The Government Has Begun to Lift COVID-19 Restrictions in My Area

Aymes Sarah
5 min readApr 25, 2020

What this looks like and our government’s plan to slowly return to normalcy

Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexels

I live in New Brunswick, Canada and we are on the track to freedom!

We have only had 118 cases of the COVID-19 virus, 0 deaths, and 11 active cases.

As of today, April 25, 2020, we have had no new cases of the COVID-19 virus in seven days.

In comparison to our sister province of Quebec, we are doing quite well. Unfortunately, Quebec currently has 23,267 active cases of the COVID-19 virus and 1,446 people have died due to the virus in the province.

New Brunswick is a poor province and it’s also a small province. Presumably, we have fewer cases than the other provinces because our residents were not traveling as much as in the affluent provinces and we have a smaller population.

Also, as soon as the other Canadian provinces began to accumulate cases of COVID-19, Premier Higgs closed our borders quickly and enforced social distancing.

He acted quickly, with purpose and it paid off.

Some outdoor activities are now restored

Yesterday, Premier Blaine Higgs, announced that New Brunswickers are being granted some leniency in regard to…

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Aymes Sarah

Aymes is a freelance writer, social media manager, and published author. She co-owns a site ( www.personalsafetyschool.com ) with safety guide and tips!