Horizon Health Network broke down from a COVID-19 screening site in downtown Fredericton due to reduced request for respiratory virus testing.
The control site, which is an area for citizens with COVID-19 symptoms established through public fitness officials, is located across the street from the Fredericton Center Community Health Center site for just over 4 months.
Jean Daigle, vice president of the Horizon Health Network community, said the check has been used as a transitority overflow area in recent weeks.
“Horizon reviews the number of other people who come to those centers on a daily basis and would possibly look to activate more sites as requested,” Daigle said in an email sent to CBC News.
There are seven COVID-19 assets in the province and 177 have been diagnosed since coronavirus arrived in New Brunswick in early March.
The recent maximum case, announced on Tuesday, reaches a user of about 40 years in the Fredericton area. No additional data have been provided and the case is still under investigation, Public Fitness said.
Since March, 55,379 tests have been conducted throughout the province for COVID-19. But New Brunswick Public Health divides the number of tests performed per region.
Fredericton’s main verification center is still located in the former construction of the Daily Gleaner on Prospect Street and will remain on site to “satisfy the wishes of the Fredericton community”.
Last month, several homeless people used the downtown check to spend the night.
The domain is surpassed through sleeping bags, grocery carts, garbage bags and a smaller tent a few meters away.
Fredericton police conduct normal patrols in the area.
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