Dr. Robert Strang at a COVID-19 Update. Photo: Nova Scotia.
During today’s provincial briefing on COVID-19, Dr. Strang made a troubling revelation, that they had discovered someone had lied about their travel history during medical questioning.
He says in order to track and treat the virus they need to know where people have been “We put a lot of resources into tracking where the virus has been and who may have come into contact with it, this can undermine that.”
Dr. Strang also announced that the QEII has upgraded it’s daily testing capabilities to 400. Before this week tests could not even be fully confirmed within Nova Scotia.
Premier Stephen McNeil was also at the briefing and spoke about his call for help for Nova Scotia’s small businesses. On a call with Prime Minister Trudeau and the other Premiers Mcneil says “I was sure to bring up the need for small businesses, were not like the manufacturing heartland of Ontario or the oil and gas out West small business is the key to our economy in Nova Scotia and the Atlantic provinces as a whole.
In recent weeks, McNeil says 811 lines have often been overwhelmed “In order to help this we have hired 50 nurses and are in the process of training 40 more to help clear up 811.”
The NSHA also designated six hospitals across the province that have been designated to assess and treat patients with COVID-19 which are listed below.
- QEII-Halifax Infirmary site
- Dartmouth General Hospital
- Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital
- St. Martha’s Regional Hospital
- Colchester East Hants Health Centre
There were 10 new cases announced today bringing the total to 51 for Nova Scotia.
