1 COVID-19 case in New Brunswick linked to cases at a Maine – New Brunswick paper mill

Three employees at a paper mill in Madawaska, Maine, have been positive for COVID-19, including an individual who lives in New Brunswick.

Twin Rivers Paper Mill is located just over the U.S.-Canada border near Edmundston, NB

Brian McAlary, vice president of development at Twin Rivers Newspaper Company, confirmed to Global News on Sunday that the cases are two individuals living in Madawaska, and another living in Edmundston.

He said as a result of seeking contact with the mill five other workers, all in Edmundston, NB, are on their own as a precautionary measure.

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The company works with CDC Maine and the New Brunswick Department of Health and maintains information with both organizations.

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A request for comment from the New Brunswick health department was not immediately returned.

There were no issues with other Twins Rivers facilities in New Brunswick, according to McAlary.

The Edmundston area is the only part of New Brunswick that is in the orange phase of the region’s COVID-19 recovery plan.

The first 1,950 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in New Brunswick are being delivered at a vaccine clinic in Miramichi, NB, this weekend.

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