COVID-19: Nova Scotia to begin lifting restrictions on Feb. 14

Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang detailed on Wednesday the first step of loosening COVID-19 restrictions.

The province has decided to ease restrictions over three phases, starting on Feb. 14. Each phase will last about a month and moving on to the next phase will depend on epidemiology, hospitalizations, case activity in long-term care and employee absenteeism.

Border restrictions will be removed in phase 1. Sports, arts and culture events can resume, with participants limited to 60 indoors and outdoors.

Spectators will be allowed, while following the formal gathering limit, which will be 50 per cent of capacity indoors and outdoors. Gathering limits for informal events will increase from 10 to 25.

Restaurants and gyms will be able to increase their capacity to 75 per cent, retail stores can operate at full capacity and cosmetologists can resume full service.

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