Province entered Phase 2 of its reopening plan Monday morning.
The biggest changes are to isolation requirements.
If you test positive you’ll will need to isolate for seven days from when you first show symptoms, or when you get a positive test result.
You can stop isolating on the eighth day if you no longer have symptoms and haven’t had a fever for 24 hours.
You’re also no longer being asked to notify anyone outside your own home.
There will no longer be an isolation or testing requirement for close contacts who don’t have symptoms.
If you live with someone who tests positive for COVID-19 and you yourself develop symptoms, you need to isolate and test right away, then do a second test at least 72 hours later. If you use a rapid test, you must do a third test 48 hours after the second.
If all the required tests come back negative, your symptoms are improving, and you haven’t had a fever for 24 hours, you can leave isolation.
Anyone who has recovered from COVID-19 within 90 days does not have to isolate or test, even if they develop symptoms.
Gathering limits increasing
The outdoor informal gathering limit is increasing to 50, the indoor limit remains at 25.
Many businesses, organizations, and events can now increase their capacity.
Sports tournaments are once again allowed.
Phase 2 also sees the return of asymptomatic testing for people at risk of severe disease, and those who live and work with them.
State of emergency ending this month
The provincial state of emergency is slated to be over in two weeks.
The province announced will come to an end at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 20.
That’s almost two years to the day since the state of emergency was first declared.
