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EAST HANTS:<\/strong> The province has announced some changes to their COVID19 restrictions, which have been in place province-wide as well as those that were in place in the HRM, Elmsdale, Lantz, Enfield, and the Mount Uniacke areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The changes to the provincewide restrictions: The changes to these restrictions became effective at 8 a.m. today, March 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”2″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″] [adrotate banner=”95″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″] [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”84″} [adrotate banner=”111″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”96″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”78″] [adrotate banner=”105″] EAST HANTS: The province has announced some changes to their COVID19 restrictions, which have been in place province-wide as well as those that were in place in the HRM, Elmsdale, Lantz, Enfield, and the Mount Uniacke areas. The changes to the provincewide restrictions:— the general gathering limit remains at 10 indoors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[975,983,315,1434],"class_list":["post-20338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-covid19","tag-dr-robert-strang","tag-mount-uniacke","tag-restrictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
— the general gathering limit remains at 10 indoors and outdoors
— household gatherings will be increased from maximum 10 to households plus up to 10 others
— immediate family members who live in the same household can be together outdoors even if that is more than 10 people
— restaurants and licensed establishments can stop service by 11 p.m. and close by midnight
— fitness facilities continue to operate at 75 per cent capacity but can return to two metres between people for all activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With restrictions lifted, the following is also allowed provincewide:
— events hosted by a recognized business or organization can have 150 outdoors or 50 per cent capacity to a maximum of 100 indoors
— events include social events, special events, sport events, arts and culture events, festivals, faith gatherings, weddings with receptions, and funerals with receptions and visitation
— meetings and training hosted by recognized businesses and organizations can have 150 outdoors or 50 per cent capacity to a maximum of 100 indoors and organized clubs can break into cohorts of 15 following the day-camp guidelines
— physical distancing is required for meetings and training except when emergency responders need to be closer than two metres for training
— licensed establishments, unlicensed establishments such as community centres and charities, and organized clubs can host activities such as darts, cards, pool, bowling, bingo or karaoke following guidelines for these activities
— visitors are allowed in long-term care facilities
— visitors are allowed in adult residential centres and regional rehabilitation centres licensed by the Department of Community Services and residents can resume full community access
— retail businesses and malls operate at 75 per cent capacity and follow other public health measures
— sports practices and training and arts and culture rehearsals and performances can have 60 people without physical distancing
— sports games, competitions and tournaments are allowed within the team’s regular competitive schedule
— spectators are allowed if the business or organization hosting the event has a gathering plan that follows event guidelines<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adult day programs for seniors remain closed provincewide until seniors living outside long-term care facilities have an opportunity to receive COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 protocols in public schools continue to be guided by Nova Scotia’s Back to School Plan.
People who do not follow the gathering limit can be fined. The fine is $1,000 for each person at an illegal gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quick Facts:
— guidelines for activities such as darts, cards, pool, bowling, bingo or karaoke are available at https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/docs\/COVID-19-Games-and-activities-licensed-establishments.pdf<\/a>
— guidelines for venues and facilities are available at https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/docs\/Developing-COVID-19-Facility-Plan.pdf<\/a>
— guidelines for events are available at https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/docs\/Events-theatres-and-venues-COVID-19-prevention-guidelines.pdf<\/a>
— guidelines for day camps are available at https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/coronavirus\/docs\/COVID-19-Return-to-Day-Camp-Guidelines.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n