The Covid Chronicle

**** HRP Media Release Police issue tickets for failing to follow the Health Protection Act ​ Halifax Regional Police have issued summary offence tickets in two separate incidents over the weekend for failing to comply with the regulations set out in the Health Protection Act. ​ On January 8 at approximately 9:30 p.m. police investigated...

**** LANDS/FORESTRY Media Release Shubenacadie Sam To Make Virtual Groundhog Day Prediction————————————————————Shubenacadie Sam is turning to technology to help predict the arrival of spring.Nova Scotians are invited to celebrate Groundhog Day virtually this year and watch the prediction on social media. Shubenacadie Sam will emerge from his burrow at Shubenacadie Wildlife Park with his spring...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Five New Cases of COVID-19 ————————————————————–As of today, Jan. 11, Nova Scotia has 26 active cases of COVID-19. Five new cases are being reported today.Two cases are in Central Zone and are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The people are self-isolating, as required. One of the cases is a...

**** Info via Porters Airline Porter Airlines flights will now restart March 29 Porter Airlines is deferring its resumption of flights until March 29 due to ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions. We want to see our planes in the sky as soon as possible and are actively working to prepare for our resumption of service. However...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release No Cases of COVID-19———————————————————————————————————————As of today, Jan. 10, Nova Scotia has 28 active cases of COVID-19. No new cases are being reported today.One of the cases reported on Jan. 7 in Central Zone is a resident of another province or territory and is therefore being removed from our cumulative provincial data.“Seeing...

**** NSHA Media Release Potential exposure to COVID-19 on Air Canada flight Nova Scotia Health Public Health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 on one Air Canada flight. In addition to media releases, all potential exposure notifications are listed here: http://www.nshealth.ca/covid-exposures. Anyone who was on the following flight in the specified rows and seats is...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS– Three New Cases of COVID-19————————————————————— ——————————————————As of today, Jan. 9, Nova Scotia has 31 active cases of COVID-19. Three new cases are being reported today.​Two cases are in Central Zone. One case is a close contact of a previously reported case. The other case is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The...

**** HRP Media Release Police issue ticket to an organization for failing to follow the Health Protection Act ​ Halifax Regional Police have issued a summary offence ticket to a faith-based organization in Bedford for failing to comply with the regulations set out in the Health Protection Act. ​ On January 1 at approximately 1...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release New Brunswick Border Tightened and Public Health Restrictions Extended—————————————————————-Due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia is tightening border controls.Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, announced today, Jan. 8, a new self-isolation requirement for people coming to Nova...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Two New Cases of COVID-19, State of Emergency Renewed————————————————————- As of today, Jan. 8, Nova Scotia has 29 active cases of COVID-19. Two new cases are being reported today.One case is in Eastern Zone and one case is in Central Zone. Both cases are related to travel outside Atlantic Canada. The...