Twenty-five New Cases of COVID-19
Twenty-five new cases of COVID-19 are being reported in Nova Scotia today, April 21.
Nineteen cases are in Central Zone. Four are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The people are self-isolating, as required. Nine are close contacts of previously reported cases, two of which were identified Tuesday, April 20, at Dartmouth South Academy and Auburn Drive High. Six are under investigation, one of which was identified Tuesday, April 20, at Mount Edward Elementary.
Three cases are in Northern Zone. One is related to travel outside of Canada. The person is self-isolating, as required. The other two cases are currently under investigation.
Vaccinations begin for Northwood residents, health-care workers outside Halifax
Licensed practical nurse Darlene White, who works on the COVID-19 unit at Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney, was selected as the first Nova Scotian in line for the vaccine outside Halifax. Vaccinations for residents at Halifax s Northwood long-term care facility have also begun.
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Posted: Jan 11, 2021 11:33 AM AT | Last Updated: January 11 The first step : Cape Breton nurse gets first COVID vaccine outside Halifax
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0:31LPN Darlene White was selected as the first Nova Scotian to receive the COVID-19 vaccine outside of Halifax. White is a nurse on the COVID-19 unit of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital.0:31
HALIFAX A nurse in Cape Breton became the first person in Nova Scotia outside of Halifax to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on Monday morning. The first shot given in the Eastern Zone was administered Monday morning at Cape Breton Regional Hospital. The first vaccination went to Darlene White, a Licensed Practical Nurse in the hospital’s COVID-19 unit. “It is exciting,” said White. “Hopefully we’re going to get back to I guess what we call the new normal. I don’t think we’ll ever be back to what we were in past years, but I think this is the first step.”
HALIFAX Nova Scotia has announced five new COVID-19 cases on Monday. Seven previously reported cases are now considered recovered, dropping the active number of cases in the province to 26. Two new cases are in the Central Zone and are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The people are self-isolating, as required. One of the cases is a student at Dalhousie University in Halifax who lives off campus. One new case is in the Western Zone and is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The person is a student at Acadia University in Wolfville. The student lives on campus and has been self-isolating, as required.
Posted: Jan 08, 2021 4:07 PM AT | Last Updated: January 11
On Monday, the first clinics outside of Halifax will administer the vaccine at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. The first long-term care residents will also be vaccinated that day.(Nova Scotia)
The province will begin to vaccinate long-term care residents for COVID-19 on Monday.
In Friday s news conference, Dr. Robert Strang, the province s chief medical officer of health, said residents of Northwood s Halifax and Bedford locations will be immunized next week.
Strang said the time frame for beginning long-term care immunization has been sped up after working closely with Northwood. Everybody is understanding the urgency of this, Strang said at the news conference. So it s good news.