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A big shift in Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 strategy

Doctor Robert Strang laid out significant changes in Nova Scotia’s COVID management plant during today’s COVID briefing. This shift comes with scaled back contact tracing, reduced testing and plans to end daily case number reporting. “Omicron is forcing us to do things differently, it’s a different variant that requires a different response,” Strang said during […]

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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Dec 28

Going into the holidays, Nova Scotia is overwhelmed by COVID and its data-dissemination abilities are severely compromised. For the time being, the only infographic we can share with any confidence of accuracy is: Canada’s fourth wave Extending school break Nova Scotia’s omicron-powered COVID outbreak means a little extra time off for students in public schools. […]

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522 new cases of COVID-19 in NS bring new restrictions and a scaled-back testing plan

With 522 new cases reported Tuesday, Nova Scotia is further tightening public health restrictions, just days after the last round of restrictions came into effect. Gathering limits will drop from 20 to 10, restaurants and bars must stop dine-in service at 11pm, and live events, sports and performances are paused. “I’m not going to get […]

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