The Honourable Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services, the Honourable Tom Osborne, Minister of Education, and Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health, will hold a media availability today (Wednesday, December 29) at 1:00 p.m. to discuss COVID-19 and provide an update on school opening in January.

Please note, the province will remain at Alert Level 3, as this briefing is not being held to change alert levels.

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

The availability will be done via Zoom and all media will join by teleconference. To participate, please RSVP to Jillian Hood (jillianhood@gov.nl.ca) who will provide the required information.

Media planning to participate must join the teleconference at 12:45 p.m. (NST) 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 contact
Nancy Hollett
Health and Community Services
709-729-6554, 327-7878
nancyhollett@gov.nl.ca