Category Archives: Covid-19

Phase 2 is a go. We're moving into the next stage of our COVID-19 re-opening plan as of 8 a.m. Wednesday. You can have informal social gatherings of 10 people indoors without masks or physical distanc...

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 trav...

Nova Scotians who are not able to attend a scheduled COVID vaccine appointment can now receive their first dose at home. The province says beginning on Tuesday, people with significant health and mobi...

There's been another COVID-19 death in the province. Public health officials say a woman in her 80s in the central zone has died. There are eight new cases, all in the central zone; three are close co...

More Nova Scotians can now book their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine earlier. Health officials announcing those who received their first dose on or before April 24th, and were set to receive thei...

The Department of Health and Wellness is reporting eight new COVID-19 cases Sunday. Four are in Central Zone, two close contacts of previously reported cases, one travel related and one under investig...

Employers in the province are being offered free asymptomatic COVID-19 test kits. Premier Iain Rankin says it's an important part of the province's new workplace testing plan. "[It] supports the provi...

Nova Scotia is reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19 and five recoveries. There are five new cases in Central Zone. Four of the cases are close contacts of previously reported cases. One is related to tr...

The COVID-19 vaccine shipments are ramping up to Canada. Brigadier General Krista Brodie, in Friday's update, indicating that seven million doses of the Moderna vaccine will arrive from the United Sta...

Canada’s health minister says changes are being considered to the country’s current border measures as vaccination rates continue to rise. Patty Hajdu said that includes ending mandatory h...