Visitor restrictions are in place at all NSHA facilities to help to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These restrictions are reviewed and updated as needed.
Sheri Millington, a Continuing Care Referral Assistant with the Intake/Nursing Only Assessment Team (NOAT) in Central Zone, recently volunteered for deployment to a nursing home dealing with COVID-19. She offered to share her experience.
Born just as the second wave of the Spanish Flu ravaged Nova Scotia, Emily seemed destined to show the world that tragedy is not permanent and how one fills the time between tragedies defines the life of an individual.
In this unprecedented time of local and global uncertainty, there has never been a greater need to conduct medical and health related research to collect real-time evidence to inform practice, policy and decision making in this new pandemic environment. The Nova Scotia research community has come together to respond to the COVID-19 global pandemic with a collective investment of just over $1.5 million in COVID-19 focused research.
Thanks to a generous donation from Michelin, the provincial stockpile of surgical masks grew by 75,000. This donation will be followed by an additional 50,000 masks from Michelin in the coming weeks.
We are aware of Nova Scotia Health Authority information on social media that identifies some Nova Scotia postal code areas or “community clusters” where public health has identified higher rates or spread of COVID-19.
