The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, and Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health, will hold a media availability today (Monday, April 27) at 2:00 p.m. to discuss COVID-19. They will be joined by Dr. Proton Rahman, clinical scientist with Eastern Health and Professor of Medicine at Memorial University.

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

As a safety precaution, all media covering the availability will join by teleconference only. To participate, please RSVP to Jillian Hood (jillianhood@gov.nl.ca) who will provide the dial-in details. Media planning to participate must join the teleconference at 1:45 p.m. (NDT) to be included on the call. For sound quality purposes, media calling in are asked to use a land line if at all possible.

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Media contacts
Jeremy Reynolds
Office of the Premier
709-729-3558
jeremyreynolds@gov.nl.ca

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