Nova Scotia is in the midst of COVID-19’s second wave. Although we’re not particularly hard hit by case numbers, we’re still seeing the impacts of the pandemic in terms of business shutdowns, slowdowns, and a general lack of disposable income. “I believe that the darkest months—figuratively and literally—for restaurants and the hospitality sector, will be […]
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News updates and questions answered what you need to know about coronavirus COVID-19 virus pandemic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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NS gives more details on who gets vaccinated in Phase 1
On Tuesday, Stephen McNeil and Robert Strang gave more details on how the vaccination program in Nova Scotia will roll-out. “We will have a distribution network quite frankly, that I think will be the envy of the country,” McNeil said. Public health is working with Doctors Nova Scotia and the Pharmacists Association of Nova Scotia […]
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COVID-19 news for the January 18 week
NOTE: This week is now over. For the very latest news, please go here. But for an informative look back at exactly how Nova Scotia responded to COVID-19 in realtime, keep on reading. Click for mobile-friendlier version of graph. Editor’s note: In its 28 years The Coast has never been a just-the-facts news service, but […]
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Strang isn’t mad, he’s just disappointed
There are currently 32 active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia. Not bad compared to other provinces and the rest of the world, but our top doc still has some concerns about how the public is responding. “It’s been recently brought to my attention that in a few of our ongoing investigations by public health, […]
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COVID-19 news for the January 11 week
NOTE: This week is now over. For the very latest news, please go here. But for an informative look back at exactly how Nova Scotia responded to COVID-19 in realtime, keep on reading. Click for mobile-friendlier version of graph. Editor’s note: In its 28 years The Coast has never been a just-the-facts news service, but […]
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New Brunswick kicked out of Nova Scotia’s Atlantic bubble
Starting Saturday morning at 8am, January 9, anyone travelling from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia must isolate for 14 days upon their arrival, and starting now, anyone who was in New Brunswick in the last two weeks should call 811 to book a test—regardless of symptoms. “Our case numbers are improving in Nova Scotia and […]
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Nova Scotia hopes to vaccinate 75 percent of population by September 30
The Nova Scotia government gave more details on the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out program in Nova Scotia on Tuesday. With both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines approved by Health Canada, the province is aiming to vaccinate up to 10,000 people per day by mid-May. That’s a fair stretch of time since the first vaccine clinics at […]
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COVID-19 news for the January 4 week
NOTE: This week is now over. For the very latest news, please go here. But for an informative look back at exactly how Nova Scotia responded to COVID-19 in realtime, keep on reading. Click for mobile-friendlier version of graph. Editor’s note: In its 28 years The Coast has never been a just-the-facts news service, but […]
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Halifax bars and restaurants permitted to re-open January 4
Thursday afternoon’s Covid update in Nova Scotia contained an announcement Haligonians weren’t expecting until late next week, at the earliest: Halifax restaurants are allowed to re-open. The news release said that because of “low case numbers over the holidays” licensed establishments in HRM and select parts of Hants county that had a previous spike in […]
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Our first year of living with COVID-19
December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization first heard about a cluster of cases of “viral pneumonia” in Wuhan, China. One year later, COVID-19 is directly responsible for killing more than 1,800,000 people around the planet. One year later, the United States just had its most-ever C19 deaths in a single day: 3,808 people dead. […]
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COVID-19 news for the December 28 week
NOTE: This week is now over. For the very latest news, please go here. But for an informative look back at exactly how Nova Scotia responded to COVID-19 in realtime, keep on reading. Click for mobile-friendlier version of graph. Editor’s note: In its 28 years The Coast has never been a just-the-facts news service, but […]
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Strang and McNeil give final COVID-19 update of 2020
Correction: This meeting was not the final update of 2020. To read about the final update, click here. At today’s COVID-19 press teleconference chief medical officer Robert Strang and outgoing premier Stephen McNeil said Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night—sort of. Strang gave some clarification around last week’s announcement which saw […]
