The Covid Chronicle

123 New Cases of COVID-19, 16 Recoveries, State of Emergency Renewed

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release 123 New Cases of COVID-19, 16 Recoveries, State of Emergency Renewed —————————————————————- NOTE: Nova Scotia is not issuing COVID-19 news releases or updating the COVID-19 data dashboard on weekends. Monday updates will include weekend data. —————————————————————- Today, December 10, Nova Scotia is reporting 123 new cases of COVID-19 and 16 recoveries...

Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach Clinics offering drop-in Pfizer vaccines for children 5 to 11 in Central Zone

**** NSHA Media Release Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach Clinics offering drop-in Pfizer vaccines for children 5 to 11 in Central Zone Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinics will be offering drop-in vaccination (Pfizer) for children 5 to 11 years old in Central Zone to help support vaccine accessibility. The clinics are open to...

Updates to notifications issued on December 7 and 8, plus NEW potential exposures to COVID-19 at locations in Central and Eastern Zones and on two flights​

**** NSHA Media Release Updates to notifications issued on December 7 and 8, plus NEW potential exposures to COVID-19 at locations in Central and Eastern Zones and on two flights​ ​ ​ Nova Scotia Health Public Health is advising of potential exposures to COVID-19 at locations in Central and Eastern Zones and on two flights. There...

École Beaubassin to Close Temporarily Due to COVID-19

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release École Beaubassin to Close Temporarily Due to COVID-19 ————————————————————— Based on a recommendation from public health, École Beaubassin in Halifax will close for a week to contain the spread of COVID-19. The school will be closed to students from Friday, December 10, to Thursday, December 16, to prevent further spread of...

52 New Cases of COVID-19, 19 Recoveries

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release 52 New Cases of COVID-19, 19 Recoveries —————————————————————- NOTE: Due to technical issues, immunization data is not included in today’s release or on the COVID-19 data dashboard. Immunization data will be updated Friday, December 10. —————————————————————- Today, December 9, Nova Scotia is reporting 52 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 recoveries...

34 New Cases of COVID-19, 18 Recoveries, Outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release 34 New Cases of COVID-19, 18 Recoveries, Outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University ————————————————————— Today, December 8, Nova Scotia is reporting 34 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 recoveries. There are 14 cases in Eastern Zone, 13 cases in Central Zone, six cases in Northern Zone and one case in Western...

Potential exposures to COVID-19 at locations in Central and Eastern Zones

**** NSHA Media Release Potential exposures to COVID-19 at locations in Central and Eastern Zones ​ ​ Nova Scotia Health Public Health is advising of potential exposures to COVID-19 at locations in Central and Eastern Zones. In addition to media releases, all potential exposure notifications are listed here:​ http://www.nshealth.ca/covid-exposures. ​ As Nova Scotia moves into a stage of...

Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach Clinics offering drop-in Pfizer vaccines for children 5 to 11

**** NSHA Media Release Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach Clinics offering drop-in Pfizer vaccines for children 5 to 11 Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinics will be offering drop-in vaccination (Pfizer) for children 5 to 11 years old in Central Zone to help support vaccine accessibility. The clinics are open to anyone age 5...

COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Update

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Update ————————————————————— More Nova Scotians will soon become eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster dose. The Province has accepted all of the new booster recommendations announced on December 3 by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). Specific dates for implementing the following will be announced soon: —...

22 New Cases of COVID-19, 27 Recoveries

**** HEALTH/WELLNESS Media Release 22 New Cases of COVID-19, 27 Recoveries —————————————————————- NOTE: The COVID-19 data dashboard is currently experiencing a technical issue and will be updated after the issue is resolved. —————————————————————- Today, December 7, Nova Scotia is reporting 22 new cases of COVID-19 and 27 recoveries. There are 18 cases in Central Zone...