[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“One of the strengths that we had as a community in Saint John is that we had this amazing group, critical mass of fantastic restaurants,” Hooten said. “So it’s top-of-mind.
I think about it every day.“As long as we all comply, hopefully we all get through this together.”David Duplisea, the CEO of The Chamber Saint John Region, said a shift to red phase could have devastating consequences in Saint John.“By the time everything settles down and the dust settles and we get back to some kind of normalcy, we estimate that we could lose up to 30 per cent of the businesses in our region,” Duplisea said. “Particularly if we go red at this point.”Duplisea said that estimate.