Public Health is advising of a potential exposure to COVID-19 one retail location and two bus routes in Central Zone.
Anyone who worked at or visited the following locations on the specified date and time should visit covid-self-assessment.novascotia.ca/ to book a COVID-19 test, regardless of whether or not they have symptoms. You can also call 811 if you don’t have online access, or if you have other symptoms that concern you.
For the following location, if you do not have any symptoms of COVID-19 you do not need to self-isolate while you wait for your test result. If you have symptoms of COVID-19 you are required to self-isolate while you wait for your test result, as are the other members of your household.
-Home Depot Bayers Lake (368 Lacewood Drive, Halifax) on June 14 between 12:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus at this location on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 28.
Regardless of whether or not you have COVID-19 symptoms, any passengers who were on the following transit routes for at least 15 minutes on the named dates and times are required to self-isolate while waiting for their test result. If you get a negative result, you do not need to keep self-isolating, however, you are asked to get retested 6-8 days and 12-14 days after this exposure. If you get a positive result, you will be contacted by Public Health about what to do next.
-Halifax Transit Route #004 (Universities) which runs from Lacewood Terminal to Lemarchant and University on June 14 between 9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 28.
-Halifax Transit Route #004 (Universities) which runs from Lemarchant and University to Lacewood Terminal on June 14 between 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 28.
Do not go directly to a COVID-19 assessment centre without being directed to do so. Please book an appointment online or call 811 and do not go to a pop-up rapid testing location.
