As everyone else did, he stopped at the "new border" that's been set up and told officials all the details of his four-day business trip. It was nine days after his arrival, on Nov. 2, when Cronk went for a COVID-19 test in Saint John. That's why, when a panicked Jeff Alpaugh texted Cronk asking if he was COVID-positive, Cronk told him no. The next day, after health officials told him he could, he told Alpaugh and others he had tested positive. In a statement, CBC News was told Public Health "does not advise cases NOT to tell anyone" they are COVID-positive, but rather "assures the individual around confidentiality of their personal health information."

Source: CBC News November 25, 2020 09:56 UTC