N.L. has 7 active cases, with no new cases Thursday
Newfoundland and Labrador reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, meaning the province's caseload remains at 298, while Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer of health, says non-essential travel won't be expanded for the Christmas and holiday season.
Some families have been eagerly awaiting news for weeks, as Fitzgerald and the public health team considered the options and risks of allowing non-essential travellers from outside the Atlantic bubble into the province.
With second waves of COVID-19 hitting other provinces and parts of the world, said Fitzgerald at the province's weekly pandemic briefing, it's the wrong time to open Newfoundland and Labrador's border, as it's been the closure that has helped prevent spread of the virus.