COVID-19: Nova Scotia to begin lifting restrictions on Feb. 14

Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang detailed on Wednesday the first step of loosening COVID-19 restrictions. The province has decided to ease restrictions over three phases, starting on Feb. 14. Each phase will last about a month and moving on to the next phase will depend on epidemiology, hospitalizations, case activity in long-term care and employee absenteeism. Border restrictions will be removed in phase 1. Sports, arts and culture events can resume, with participants limited to 60 indoors and outdoors.