The Honourable Tom Osborne, Minister of Education and Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health, will hold a media availability today (Monday, November 23) at 12:30 p.m. They will be joined by Tony Stack, CEO/Director of Education of the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District.

This availability will occur after the previously-announced COVID-19 update from Premier Furey, Minister Haggie and Dr. Fitzgerald, and media may wish to stay on the call. If so, there is no requirement to re-register.

Other media planning to participate must join the teleconference at 12:15 p.m. (NST) to be included and RSVP to Jillian Hood (jillianhood@gov.nl.ca) who will provide the dial-in details.

The availability will be live-streamed on the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Facebook and Twitter accounts – @GovNL and on YouTube.

For sound quality purposes, media calling in are asked to use a land line if at all possible.

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Media Contacts
Tina Coffey
Education
709-729-1906, 687-9903
tcoffey@gov.nl.ca

Kathy Dicks-Peyton
Health and Community Services
709-729-6986, 699-1982
kathydickspeyton@gov.nl.ca

Heather May
Newfoundland and Labrador English School District
709-758-2371, 690-0056
heathermay@nlesd.ca