Premier Blaine Higgs announces an all-party cabinet committee will help manage the outbreak. (Ed Hunter/CBC)Premier Blaine Higgs announces a four-person task force to oversee the health-care system's response to the pandemic. "To put those numbers in perspective, 1,800 New Brunswickers died in the Second World War," Premier Blaine Higgs tells reporters during the daily COVID briefing in Fredericton. Inspectors from Public Health, WorkSafeNB and the Department of Public Safety will be visiting workplaces. Premier Blaine Higgs, who is not named as a defendant, says he does not regret his comments.

Source: CBC News July 31, 2021 10:00 UTC