As of today, April 1, Nova Scotia has 173 confirmed cases of COVID-19. While most cases in Nova Scotia are connected to travel or a known case, as reported previously, there is one confirmed case of community transmission and more cases are expected to present.
As of today, March 31, Nova Scotia has 147 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Most cases are connected to travel or a known case. As reported yesterday, Public Health has concluded that one case is the result of transmission within the community. To date, four staff and two residents of long term care facilities have tested positive for COVID-19. Appropriate infection prevention and control measures are in place for both residents and staff. Read the release here.
Right PPE + Right Time = Healthy Providers – Using the right personal protective equipment (PPE) at the right time helps to ensure the necessary supplies will be there when you need them in the future.
The COVID-19 virus is transmitted through droplets when you cough or sneeze, by:
prolonged personal contact such as touching or shaking hands
touching something with the virus on it then touching your mouth, nose or eyes before you clean your hands, or
having someone cough of sneeze in your face
NSHA has launched a new “COVID-19 Hub” to better support all health care providers and staff across our organization to quickly access COVID-19 information they need.
An alternate phone line for COVID-19 initial assessments has been set up to ensure health-care workers are virus-free and able to safely provide care, reducing the demand on 811.
Home-care and long-term care providers can access this line. This line can be used as analternative to calling 811 for assessments. This screening tool aligns with that of 811 and includes booking of appointments at screening centers as required.
Access the screening service by calling:1-833-547-0059
Please note that the alternate assessment line is intended for screening purposes only.
As of today, March 27, Nova Scotia has 90 positive cases of COVID-19 in people ranging in age from under 10 to mid-70s.Two individuals remain hospitalized. Most cases are connected to travel or a known case. Case investigations are ongoing and at this point, public health cannot confirm a link to community spread. Read the news release here. There have been 3,649 negative test results. Testing numbers are updated daily at https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus.
As of today, March 26, Nova Scotia has 73 positive cases of COVID-19 in people ranging in age from under 10 to mid-70s.Two individuals remain hospitalized. Most are travel-related or connected to an earlier case. One new case cannot currently be linked to travel or an earlier case. An investigation is ongoing to determine the source of the exposure and whether any others may have been exposed. Read the news release here. There have been 3,201 negative test results.
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To all staff and physicians
Current situation
As of today, March 25, Nova Scotia has 68 positive cases of COVID-19 in people ranging in age from under 10 to mid-70s. One case remains hospitalized. All are travel-related or connected to an earlier case. Read the news release here. There have been 2,772 negative test results. Testing numbers are updated daily at https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus.
As of today, March 24, Nova Scotia has 51 positive cases of COVID-19 in people ranging in age from under 10 to mid-70s. One case remains hospitalized. All are travel-related or connected to an earlier case. Read the news release here. There have been 2,474 negative test results. Testing numbers are updated daily at https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus.
As an NSHA team member, the role you will play in the coming days and weeks is vital. Your skills, experience and expertise will support Nova Scotians though this challenging time and, as such, the health of both yourself and your family is incredibly important. We recognize that this may be both an emotional and stressful time for you and your family. As an organization, we need to come together, support each other and have all hands on deck to overcome this pandemic.
The organization is here to support you and as we move forward we are committed to responding to the needs of staff. We will work to source resources that meet the evolving needs of our teams in a timely basis, and communicate these resources as soon as they are available.
Many NSHA services reduced or suspended as part of COVID-19 response
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2020
Many Nova Scotia Health Authority services are being reduced or suspended until further notice as part of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 as well as to conserve and redeploy our resources in anticipation of increasing demand related to the pandemic.
Two new presumptive cases of COVID-19 were announced today, March 16, bringing the total number of presumptive positives in the province to four, with one confirmed case. Read the release here.
Quick Facts:
As of March 16, Nova Scotia has completed 676 tests for COVID-19, with 671 negative results. Testing numbers are updated daily at https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus
Attention Unifor members who work for the NSHA, please go to the Tools and Resources page to review the latest update on the Coronavirus or click on the below link.
Yesterday, March 12, representatives from the NSGEU, NSNU, CUPE and Unifor met with officials from government, the Nova Scotia Health Authority, infection control specialists, and the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Robert Strang.
