Daily briefing Today’s briefing began with both Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang offering condolences to the family and friends of the Northwood resident who died of COVID-19-related causes since the last briefing. The death brings total deaths at the facility to 51 and total deaths across the provinceRead More

Daily briefing Premier Stephen McNeil has extended Nova Scotia’s State of Emergency for another two weeks, it is now scheduled to end on May 31 unless further extended. Dr. Robert Strang announced four additional deaths at the Northwood long-term-care facility (LTCF), bringing deaths at the Halifax facility to 49 andRead More

Daily briefing Dr. Robert Strang announced 43 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday bringing the total number of cases in Nova Scotia to 517. He noted that the province was “well aware” of the recently approved Spartan Bioscience COVID-19 test kit, but said the test has “yet to be validatedRead More