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N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 18 new cases, province restricts unnecessary travel
New Brunswick has re-introduced restrictions on unnecessary travel into the province in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19 and to keep the highly contagious U.K. and South African strains out.Revised isolation and testing requirements will also come into effect at midnight Friday, the chief medical officer of health announced.The changes come as 18 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total active cases in the province to 143 — a record-high since the pandemic began in March.An outbreak has also been declared at a fourth long-term care home, with one positive case confirmed Thursday at Foyer Ste-Élizabeth, a 50-bed nursing home in Baker-Brook, in the Edmundston region, Zone 4, said Dr. Jennifer Russell.”While the virus isn’t very mobile, people are,” said Russell.The constant movement of people…