Public Health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 at various locations in the Central Zone as well as on several Halifax Transit routes.
Anyone who worked at or visited the following locations on the specified dates and times should 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 locations, 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 you are required to self-isolate while you wait for your test result, as are the other members of your household.
• Sobeys (3650 Hammonds Plains Road, Upper Tantallon) on May 31 between 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 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 14.
• Sobeys (612 Main Street, Dartmouth) on:
o June 1 between 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
o June 2 between 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus at this location on the named dates may develop symptoms up to, and including June 16.
• Tommy Hilfiger – Dartmouth Crossing (102 Hector Gate, Dartmouth) on June 2 between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 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 16.
• Winners – Halifax Shopping Centre (6970 Mumford Road, Halifax) on June 4 between 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 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 18.
• Atlantic Superstore (1075 Barrington Street, Halifax) on June 7 between 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 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 21.
• Lawtons – Scotia Square (5201 Duke Street, Halifax) on June 8 between 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 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 22.
• Salvation Army (3667 Strawberry Hill Street, Halifax) on June 9 between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 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 23.
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 and 12-14 days after this exposure. If you get a positive result, you will be contacted by Public Health regarding the next steps.
• Halifax Transit Route #09B (Herring Cove), which runs from Scotia Square to Herring Cove, on June 4 between 1:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 18.
• Halifax Transit Route #001 (Spring Garden), which runs from Mumford Terminal to Bridge Terminal, on June 4 between 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 18.
• Halifax Transit Route #007 (Robie), which runs in a loop from the northern end of Novalea Drive through downtown to South Street and back on Robie Street, on June 4 between 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 18.
• Halifax Transit Route #010 (Dalhousie), which runs from Dalhousie University to Main Street in Dartmouth, on June 4 between 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 18.
• Halifax Transit Route #010 (Dalhousie), which runs from Dalhousie University to Main Street in Dartmouth, on June 8 between 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 22.
• Halifax Transit Route #014 (Leiblin Park), which runs from Scotia Square to the top of Leiblin Drive, on June 8 between 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 22.
Those being tested are encouraged to sign up for email notification of negative test results.
You can find a full list of all potential exposure notifications on NSHA website.
