Nova Scotia will lift its border restrictions and open up to the rest of Atlantic Canada on June 23.
This means residents of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador can travel to Nova Scotia without the need to self-isolate for two weeks when they arrive.
Premier Iain Rankin made that announcement on Tuesday ahead of the province entering Phase 2 of its reopening plan tomorrow.
“Our case numbers and hospitalizations are low and every day we are putting more and more vaccines into the arms of Nova Scotians,” Rankin said in a news release. “Low case numbers across the Atlantic provinces are a signal that reopening to our neighbours is the right step.”
The decision came in consultation with Nova Scotia Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, and his public health team, who are constantly reviewing and evaluating the epidemiology.
Conversations with the three other Atlantic premiers are continuing, and the province is working on coordinating timing to open to the rest of the country.
Nova Scotia is currently on track to open to the rest of Canada by no later than July 14.
