The Covid Chronicle

****  HRFE Release HRFE was honored to receive a donation of over 1000 surgical masks from the Chinese Society of Nova Scotia and the Chinese Benevolent Association of Nova Scotia. These masks will help protect our firefighters from COVID-19 so they will be ready when you need them! Wilber Huang, President of the Chinese Society...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS– Forty-three New Cases of COVID-19 ————————————————————— Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health will provide an update today, April 14, at 3 p.m. This 3pm update will be livestreamed on http://novascotia.ca/stayinformed/webcast . ————————————————————— As of today, April 14, Nova Scotia has 517 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Forty-three...

**** NSHA Media Release MacKenzie Atlantic to produce more than one million face shields for NSHA, IWK MacKenzie Atlantic of Musquodoboit Harbour will produce one million face shields for use by Nova Scotia Health Authority staff and physicians. The company has an additional contract to produce 100,000 shields for the IWK Health Centre. Face shields...

**** HRP Media Release COVID-19 enforcement statistics information Halifax Regional Police is providing an update in relation to violations under the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Act and Health Protection Act related to COVID-19 directives. Since our last report on Thursday, HRP issued 32 tickets for violations of the Health Protection Act and Emergency Management Act...

**** RCMP Media Release RCMP role in enforcing the Federal Quarantine Act The RCMP has been asked for assistance in the coordination and enforcement of the March 25, 2020, Quarantine Act Order that, unless specifically exempted, any person entering Canada must isolate or quarantine (self-isolate) themselves for 14 days and monitor for signs and symptoms of COVID-19. The Public Health Agency...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release New Measures for Long-Term Care, Home-Care Workers ————————————————————— Front-line workers in every public and private long-term care home, residential care facility and home-care agency across the province will now be expected to wear masks to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Distribution to workers began over the weekend. Effective Tuesday, April...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Nova Scotia Reports Third Death, 29 New Cases of COVID-19 ————————————————————— Nova Scotia has recorded its third death related to COVID-19. Today, April 13, a male in his 80’s in Halifax Regional Municipality died as a result of complications related to COVID-19. “Tragically, another family is grieving the loss of a...

**** NSHA Media Release NSHA advising of potential COVID-19 exposure at Halifax restaurant NSHA Public Health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 at G-Street Pizza, 2302 Gottingen Street, Halifax,​ on April 4 and April 6. Public Health is directly contacting anyone known to be a close contact of the person(s) confirmed to have COVID-19...

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release Seventeen New Cases of COVID-19 ————————————————————— There will be no COVID-19 media briefing today, April 12. ————————————————————— As of today, April 12, Nova Scotia has 445 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Seventeen new cases were identified Saturday, April 11. “On a weekend when many of us would be visiting family and observing...

**** HRP Media Release Halifax Regional Police Issues COVID-19 Update Halifax Regional Police was advised this afternoon that one of our police officers has tested positive for COVID-19. We are now working with Public Health on contact-tracing and identifying additional employees who may need testing.​ Public Health will also determine if any additional notifications are...