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 be available to the media today (Thursday, April 30) at 2:00 p.m.

At the availability, they will discuss measures focused on how Newfoundland and Labrador will begin to move forward while living with COVID-19.

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

A technical briefing for media will be held at 1:00 p.m. As a safety precaution, all media covering the technical briefing will join by teleconference only. To participate and for further information regarding the video feed, please RSVP to Jillian Hood, JillianHood@gov.nl.ca. Media planning to participate in the technical briefing must join the teleconference by 12:45 p.m. (NDT) to be included on the call. Once registered, media will also be provided with dial-in details for the 2:00 p.m. availability.

For 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