Nova Scotia, so far, has moved through its COVID reopening phases with little problem. We’ve passed each test with flying colours, outperforming our own expectations for vaccination levels and infection counts, and started each of the first three phases on the best-case schedule. But with Phase 4 expected to begin in the province as early […]
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Vaccination uptake slows down as NS hits vax ceiling
Nova Scotia has gone from worst to first in vaccinations against COVID-19. For months after the Canadian vaccine rollout began in December, the province had the country’s lowest vax rate, but during May and June it injected so many people that the latest federal data (from June 19) shows the province has Canada’s highest percentage […]
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Timeline of Nova Scotia’s 2021 reopening plan
The third wave of infections is losing strength, and the province has a five-phase plan for gradually lifting restrictions and getting out of lockdown this summer. Timing of each phase isn’t set in stone by top doc Robert Strang—there’s a range that can be influenced COVID activity and vaccination uptake, leading to potential confusion about […]
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175 new cases on May 5, day 8 of the NS lockdown
On hump day in Nova Scotia, COVID-19 infections reach a new peak: 175 new daily cases push the caseload to 1,203 active cases, both record highs. Wednesday, May 5, 2021 New cases 175 New recoveries 32 Active cases 1,203 Days in a row with cases 37 Total cases in Nova Scotia during pandemic 3,182 Halifax’s […]
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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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Vaccinations a struggle without family doctor
When Jennifer Fox moved to Nova Scotia in 2015, she, like many other Nova Scotians, requested to be put on a waiting list for a family doctor. In the meantime, she got pregnant. “That actually was the only way I was able to get a family doctor, because in the hospital given that you have […]