Notice posted on potential COVID-19 exposure in three places in HRM

PRESS RELEASE
NOVA SCOTIA HEALTH
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Correction: The Hermitage restaurant exhibition date should have been November 17th, not November 18th as stated above. This has been updated below.

Nova Scotia Health Public Health is reporting potential exposure to COVID-19 in three Halifax locations, one in Truro and one in Sydney. In addition to press releases, all potential exposure notifications are now listed here: http://www.nshealth.ca/covid-exhibitions. Public Health is currently contacting all businesses listed below.

Anyone who has worked or visited the following places on the specified date and time is requested to visit the covid-self-assessment immediately.novascotia.ca/ to book a COVID-19 test, regardless of whether or not they have COVID-19 symptoms. People who book tests because they are at a site of potential COVID-19 exposure are required to self-isolate before the test and awaiting the test results. You can also call 811 if you don’t have online access or if you have other symptoms that concern you.

• Bar Kismet (2733 Agricola Street, Halifax) November 17 between 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm It is expected that anyone exposed to the virus at this location on the date indicated could develop symptoms until, Dec. 1.
• Boston Pizza (68 Robie St, Truro) November 17, 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm Anyone exposed to the virus at this location on the date indicated is expected to develop symptoms up to and including December 1.
• Governor’s Pub & Eatery (233 Esplanade, Sydney) November 17 between 8pm and 12.30pm It is expected that anyone who has been exposed to the virus at this location on the date indicated may develop symptoms up to and including December 1. .
• * Additional date * Hermitage Restaurant (1460 Lower Water St, Halifax) November 17 between 3pm and 10pm It is expected that anyone exposed to the virus at this location on the date indicated could develop symptoms up to and including December 2.
• Fit4Less Sackville (776 Sackville Dr, Lower Sackville) November 22 from 9:30 am to 11:45 am; 23 November 17:00 and 19:30; November 24 between 5pm and 7:30 pm and November 25 between 3:30 pm and 6pm It is expected that anyone exposed to the virus at this location on the date indicated may develop symptoms until, Dec. 9.

Please keep in mind:

Do not go directly to a COVID-19 assessment center without being ordered to do so. Please book an appointment online and do not go to a pop-up quick test location.

Currently, anyone traveling to Nova Scotia outside the Atlantic provinces should isolate themselves for 14 days after arrival. If a person traveling for non-essential reasons enters Nova Scotia from a country outside Atlantic Canada, everyone in the home to which they are isolating will also have to self-isolate.

When Nova Scotia Health Public Health makes a public notification, it is in no way a reflection on the behavior or activities of those mentioned in the notification.

All New Scots are advised to continue monitoring for COVID-19 symptoms and to follow public health guidelines on how to access treatment. Up-to-date information on COVID-19 is available at novascotia.ca/coronavirus.

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