Nova Scotia to lift all public COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday

N.S. COVID-19 restrictions set to end Wednesday As of Wednesday, most remaining COVID-19 restrictions will come to an end in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia’s top doctor says remaining COVID-19 restrictions for the general public will be lifted Wednesday.

Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang said Monday “this is the right time” to lift restrictions, but noted most restrictions in high-risk settings will remain.

“Although we expect to see smaller waves of COVID-19 variants over the summer, our high vaccine coverage and low risk of severe disease from Omicron variants make it manageable as we learn to live with COVID-19," said Strang in a release.

"The pandemic is not over. But Nova Scotians have the tools and resources to make the right decisions to keep each other safe."

The province is also getting rid of its weekly COVID-19 updates and switching to a monthly report. It will come out on the 15th of every month and will reflect the COVID-19 epidemiology in the province for the previous month.

The first monthly report, for June, will be released on July 15.

However, the province will continue to update its COVID-19 dashboard each week.

Last week, the province reported four deaths, 28 new hospital admissions, and more than 1,400 new cases in its weekly COVID-19 update.

Effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, July 6:

Isolation

Masks

Testing

Long-Term Care, Corrections Facilities, Shelters and Transition Houses