N.B. nursing homes lacked infection-control measures during COVID: auditor general

FREDERICTON – New Brunswick nursing homes that reported high COVID-19 infection rates lacked infection prevention and control practices, and were not properly inspected, says a report by the auditor general.

Some nursing homes had fewer than the required number of staff, and the Department of Social Development wasn’t able to properly enforce the rules, Paul Martin concludes in his report, tabled at the legislative assembly Thursday.