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Nova Scotia has started to give directions to daycares on staying open for the children of essential workers, but there are calls for clarity. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
As Nova Scotia tackles the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province announced a slew of new restrictions but said daycare centres should stay open unless they are dealing with active cases.
According to Premier Iain Rankin, daycares are needed to provide child care to the children of front-line workers.
Speaking at a Wednesday briefing, the premier called on parents who are working from home to voluntarily keep their children out of daycare during the two-week so-called circuit-breaker period.