Angry Premier Calls the Police into Action
NOVA SCOTIA NOW HAS 122 CONFIRMED COVID CASES
Nova Scotia’s Premier has lost patience with people who continue to ignore health warnings or practice physical distancing and self-isolation.
Stephen McNeil refers to them as “The reckless few,” those Nova Scotians who continue to drive to beaches and parks and continue in large number for recreation.
The Premier said, “This is not going to end any time soon if you, the reckless few, continue to break the rules. He says the time for education is over and action is required. McNeil added, “We need to take this up a notch.” Police have been instructed to begin ticketing and towing.
Meanwhile, another twelve positive cases were reported yesterday, bring the provincial total to 122 confirmed cases.
The Chief Medical Officer says while the numbers include those younger than 10 and up to the mid 70s, Dr. Robert Strang says most of the cases involve people between 20 and 60. He says this is a good ting as there are no cases in patients over 80, among the most vulnerable of the population.
Strang says most of the cases are still connected to travel. He says health officials investigate confirmed cases and can usually trace them back to a traveller or someone who came in contact with a traveller. He added the search follows to two levels of separation which includes any third case contracted from the other two.
However, Strang says when you get to a third level or more, that is what they call community spread which is harder to trace and therefore more difficult to isolate and control. He says community spread is expected but has not yet been identified in Nova Scotia.
The medical officer emphasized once again that the best defence is keeping your distance — about two metres from each other — and staying home, away from interpersonal contact.
Other than people who are required to maintain isolation for 14 days — those who travelled outside the province and those who have tested positive — people are not housebound. However, the premier says, “Grocery shopping is not a family outing.” Each household should designate one person to do the shopping, minimizing the external contact.
To date, Nova Scotia has 4,731 negative test results and 122 confirmed cases. Dr. Strang noted that three people are currently in hospitalseven patients have fully recovered.
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