New Brunswick’s COVID-19 Recommendations Lacked Evidence, Auditor General Finds

New Brunswick’s COVID-19 Recommendations Lacked Evidence, Auditor General Finds
Paul Martin, New Brunswick auditor general, announces a report on the management of COVID-19 in the province's nursing homes, in Fredericton, Sept. 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam
Jennifer Cowan
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New Brunswick’s Department of Health issued 33 recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic without enough evidence to substantiate them, the province’s watchdog said in a newly released report.

Auditor General Paul Martin told a provincial committee last week that the office of the chief medical officer was unable to provide him with the information it used to develop many of the COVID-19-related recommendations that dictated the province’s health orders.
Jennifer Cowan
Jennifer Cowan
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Jennifer Cowan is a writer and editor with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.
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