HALIFAX Irving Shipbuilding has confirmed the first positive case of COVID-19 at their Halifax location on Thursday. In a news release from the company, they say an employee who works at the Halifax Shipyard has tested positive for COVID-19. That person is self-isolating, as required. Per contact tracing protocols, Nova Scotia Health reached out directly to the members of the person s crew late this morning and directed the crew of 15 people to go home, self-isolate and schedule COVID-19 tests, wrote the company in a news release on Thursday. It was after this initial outreach that we first became aware of the positive COVID-19 case.