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 (Friday, March 20) to discuss COVID-19.

The availability will take place in the Media Centre, Ground Floor, East Block, Confederation Building at 2:00 p.m. Media attending can enter via the front entrance of East Block and are asked to RSVP to Jillian Hood (jillianhood@gov.nl.ca). For those media who are unable to attend in person, they may join by teleconference. For dial-in details please contact Ms. Hood.

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

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Media contact
Tina Newhook
Health and Community Services
709-729-1377, 728-2837
tinanewhook@gov.nl.ca