{"id":21528,"date":"2021-05-25T04:44:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T07:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=21528"},"modified":"2021-05-25T04:44:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T07:44:36","slug":"outdoor-sports-events-more-likely-this-summer-says-dr-strang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=21528","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor sports, events more likely this summer, says Dr. Strang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER:<\/strong> \u00a0The Chief medical officer of health for N.S. says a summer of sports and events is possible, but it\u2019ll all depend on what the epidemiology for COVID-19 and its variants looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answering a question from The Laker News during the May 19 COVID19 briefing, Dr. Robert Strang said Nova Scotians will see more of what the summer will look like as they work on the reopening plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;72&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This included whether football; rugby; soccer; and baseball leagues, all of which folks in East Hants\/Fall River\/Beaver Bank area are curious about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019ve heard it at a national level as we start to open up the thing to remember is outdoor activities will be much safer than indoor activities,\u201d said Dr. Strang. \u201cThings will be less restrictive if they\u2019re outdoors over indoors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video of the two questions we asked on May 19. The question on summer is at 1:26 mark. <em>Video edited by: Dagley Media<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pat Healey from The Laker News on the NS COVID-19 Update (05-19-2021)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wuxyqa624aY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, however, any outdoor activity will still need to remain in relatively small groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are looking at how we can open up a whole range of activities, including sports, arts and culture,\u201d he said, \u201cbut doing that in a way that is the required level of safety based on the virus epidemiology and the level of uptake of vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;123&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;] FALL RIVER: \u00a0The Chief medical officer of health for N.S. says a summer of sports and events is possible, but it\u2019ll all depend on what the epidemiology for COVID-19 and its variants looks like. 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