Heavy fines are being levelled against Saint Francis Xavier University and the university’s students’ union.
Premier Tim Houston says the university itself and the union will each need to pay $11,000.
The latest outbreak of the virus is being connected to X-ring weekend and convocation earlier this month.
Meantime, 394 cases of the virus being reported on Friday.
Nearly 300 are linked to the Halifax area and 54 in the Antigonish region. There are 27 cases in the Northern Zone and 18 cases in Western Zone.
There are seven people in hospital and two in intensive care.
Provincial medical labs overwhelmed
If you end up with a positive COVID test, it’s now up to you to get in touch with your close contacts.
Doctor Robert Strang, Chief Medical Officer of Health, said omicron has stretched the labs to their limit.
“Our testing program and the lab have also reached capacity. The assessment centres are again running seven days a week, and the lab has suspended some other types of routine testing,” he said. “Its still not enough.”
He said Public Health is now using its resources to help at-risk people.
Strang said that means many low-risk people will be left to manage their infection on their own.
“We are past the point of full control of this variant,” he said. “We have to change how we manage and respond.”
Strang also called on employers to help manage the situation.
