COVID-19 testing sites are coming to Nova Scotia after the chief medical officer of health said he’s concerned with clusters of cases across the province.During a briefing Friday, Dr.

Robert Strang said there were clusters of cases in the Sydney and Bridgewater areas, as well as in the Annapolis Valley from Middleton to Kentville.While the province’s central zone, which includes the Halifax region, has seen the most cases in the most recent wave of the pandemic — with 1,276 active cases, as of Saturday morning — case numbers have been creeping up in the other health zones too.

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Liberal MP tells Trudeau to ‘stop dividing Canadians’ over COVID mandates

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Police: Two men wanted for armed robbery of Domino’s Pizza in North Philadelphia

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Chinese city uses traffic lights to enforce stay-at-home covid order

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Trucker convoy: Kids in 25% of vehicles could ‘complicate’ response, cops say

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Winter Olympics: Team Canada fans outraged over $68 Lululemon red mittens

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Nova Scotia judge issues temporary injunction to stop weekend anti-mask rallies She wrote Monday to Premier Iain Rankin and Justice Minister Randy Delorey asking for a discussion. The letter calls the injunction “a two-handed axe where a scalpel would have sufficed.” It says that if the province is unwilling to amend the court order, “we will be seeking to set aside or vary the court’s order to ensure that fundamental charter rights are not unduly and indefinitely restricted.”The injunction was aimed at preventing illegal gatherings in defiance of public health orders introduced to slow the spread of COVID-19.Nova Scotia reported 90 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, including 64 in the Halifax area.

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COVID-19: Nova Scotia announces 90 new cases, recoveries doubling that

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COVID-19 vaccine rollout progresses but increased hospitalization still a concern

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COVID-19: Nova Scotia reporting 91 new coronavirus cases

Nova Scotia is reporting 91 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, and 187 recoveries according to Premier Iain Rankin.

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COVID-19: Nova Scotia expands vaccine eligibility to people aged 30 and older

vaccine appointment booking website on Monday morning, available appointments were showing up for that age group.Eligible Nova Scotians can book their appointments online or by calling 1-833-797-7772.As of 11 a.m., many of those appointments had been already booked.Last week, chief medical officer of health Dr.

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N.S. returns to triple-digit COVID-19 figures, reporting 126 new cases on Sunday

Nova Scotia activates escalation plan as Halifax Infirmary’s ICU hits max The majority of the news cases — 106 of them — are in the Central Zone. Nine are in Eastern Zone, nine in Western Zone and two in Northern Zone.There were also 103 recoveries since Saturday.A tenth patient at a non-COVID unit at the Halifax Infirmary site of the QEII Health Sciences Centre has tested positive.

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COVID-19: 86 new cases in Nova Scotia, the lowest number since April

COVID-19 on Saturday, the lowest number of single-day cases the province has seen since the end of April.The province also reported more than 100 new recoveries since Friday, and the number of active cases has dropped to 1,509.“I’m pleased to see that our new case number is a double-digit figure for the first time in more than two weeks,” said Premier Iain Rankin in a release.“Thanks to the sacrifices of Nova Scotians, we’re seeing hopeful signs of a downward trend.

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Nova Scotia and New Brunswick introducing more age groups of vaccination

Both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick keep introducing more age groups for vaccination, but families say their elderly relatives, who should’ve been at the top of the list, are being left behind. Travis Fortnum reports.

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Nova Scotia to provide COVID-19 update Friday as vaccines open for people 35+

online or by calling 1-833-797-7772.As of Thursday, the province had administered 400,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. About 37.5 per cent of Nova Scotians have had one or more doses of the vaccine, as of May 12.The province announced Friday that more businesses are now eligible for the Small Business Real Property Tax Rebate Program, which opened for applications today.Live performing arts organizations and independent retailers with a physical location, like bookstores and clothing stores, are now eligible to apply for the program, which provides eligible businesses a one-time rebate of a portion of their paid property taxes.

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AstraZeneca pause a surprise to those administering vaccines

Some of the people who have been administering COVID-19 vaccines say they’re surprised the Nova Scotia is pausing the use of AstraZeneca. Alexa MacLean reports.

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COVID-19: Nova Scotia reports 110 new cases, including 8 at Halifax Infirmary

The other patients in the non-COVID unit have tested negative and are being closely monitored.“As a precaution, Nova Scotia Health Authority is testing staff and doctors who have worked in the unit,” the province said in a press release.As of Thursday, Nova Scotia has 1,572 active cases of COVID-19.

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New Brunswick to hold COVID-19 update as questions swirl around AstraZeneca

N.B. COVID-19 cabinet committee meets Wednesday with AstraZeneca expected to be ‘major topic’: Higgs The conference will be livestreamed here.The province’s all-party COVID-19 cabinet committee held a meeting Wednesday night, where Premier Blaine Higgs said the use of AstraZeneca would be a “major topic.”Nova Scotia had announced earlier in the day Wednesday that it will be pausing the use of AstraZeneca as a first dose.

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What will N.B. do with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine?

New Brunswick’s premier says the COVID-19 cabinet committee is meeting Wednesday night and he expects talk about the AstraZeneca vaccine. Other provinces, including Nova Scotia, have stopped giving first doses of the shot.

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COVID-19: Ontario couple spends 2 nights on side of road trying to reach Nova Scotia

COVID-19 situation in Ontario.“I’m sick all the time, I have severe asthma, I’m just at risk of catching this,” he said in an interview. “I wanted to go somewhere that was smaller, and I’ve been trying to get home for years.”So, he got a lease on an apartment in the Herring Cove area that began at the start of May.

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Nova Scotia pauses 1st dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, following other provinces

Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin announced on Wednesday that the province would follow the lead of Alberta and Ontario in pausing the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, adding that many Nova Scotians are already opting for mRNA vaccines.

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Nova Scotia introduces paid sick leave program for workers who need time off due to COVID-19

paid sick leave program for Nova Scotians who need to take time off work due to COVID-19.Under the new, $16-million program, people may now qualify for up to four paid sick days between May 10 and July 31.“We want employees to stay home if they are feeling unwell and follow public health protocols to help reduce the spread of COVID,” said Premier Iain Rankin in a release.“Paid sick leave means they won’t have to make a difficult decision between their health and the health of others, or their own financial well-being.”The program is open to people who can’t work remotely and who miss less than 50 per cent of their scheduled work time in a one-week period due to COVID-19.That includes workers who need to take time off because they’re waiting

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Nova Scotia to provide COVID-19 update Wednesday

In the past three days, Nova Scotia has been reporting decreasing case counts.

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Parents, early childhood educators calling for more protection in child-care sector

Parents in Nova Scotia are standing behind early childhood educators advocating for third-wave safety concerns in their sector to be acknowledged and addressed by the province. The child-care sector is mandated by the province to stay open, but they say the province is failing to address their safety concerns.

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Nova Scotia reports 118 new COVID-19 cases, thousands more now eligible for vaccines

For essential workers who take ‘packed’ Halifax buses, social distancing isn’t an option This represents the third day of decreasing new case counts, however the province notes that public health is still continuing to work through “the backlog of positive cases that need to be contacted and entered into Panorama, the data system.” On Monday, the premier told reporters the backlog in data entry was almost cleared. There are currently 1,591 active cases in the province and 64 people in hospital — 6 more than reported Monday.

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