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My 1st symptoms of #COVID were 7 weeks ago tomorrow.
Yesterday I went for an #ECG b/c I'm having heart symptoms that weren't there before #COVID19.
I'm also having issues with my blood sugar which weren't there before #Covid_19
The technician said he's doing several ECG's ++
Yesterday I went for an #ECG b/c I'm having heart symptoms that weren't there before #COVID19.
I'm also having issues with my blood sugar which weren't there before #Covid_19
The technician said he's doing several ECG's ++
daily on people who are having heart complications due to #COVID19.
I'm on leave from my job. And now I'm in need of health care I wasn't before. I'm scared of what is happening inside my body and brain.
@TimHoustonNS got rid of all the means that protected the #NovaScotia ++
I'm on leave from my job. And now I'm in need of health care I wasn't before. I'm scared of what is happening inside my body and brain.
@TimHoustonNS got rid of all the means that protected the #NovaScotia ++
population. Our health care and workers are crumbling under the weight of it all.
Businesses are closing. Housing is a mess. The climate is in shambles.
What are we going to do?
#nspoli #covid19NS #CovidIsNotOver #COVID19 #COVID
Businesses are closing. Housing is a mess. The climate is in shambles.
What are we going to do?
#nspoli #covid19NS #CovidIsNotOver #COVID19 #COVID
1 new case of #COVID19NS is being announced today, July 26, which includes the reporting periods for July 25 and July 24.
There are 13 known active cases in the province with no hospitalizations.
The new case is in Central Zone.
There are 13 known active cases in the province with no hospitalizations.
The new case is in Central Zone.
75.4% (+0.2% since Friday) of the entire population of Nova Scotia has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
57.6% (+1.9% since Friday) of the entire population of Nova Scotia is fully vaccinated. 17.8% still need to receive their second dose.
57.6% (+1.9% since Friday) of the entire population of Nova Scotia is fully vaccinated. 17.8% still need to receive their second dose.
Notably, 91% of those aged 80+, 91% of those aged 75-79 and 85% of those aged 70-74 have all been fully vaccinated.
As expected, the group with the lowest two-dose coverage is those aged 12-14 (due to Pfizer supply).
The least vaccinated age group is currently those aged 20-24.
As expected, the group with the lowest two-dose coverage is those aged 12-14 (due to Pfizer supply).
The least vaccinated age group is currently those aged 20-24.
Is 'modified self-isolation' a key reason we now have 1,464 active cases in Nova Scotia?
Rotational workers: no longer have a modified self-isolation; they must quarantine for an entire 14 days away from other people in their households.
@Tim_Bousquet halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/bad-cā¦
Rotational workers: no longer have a modified self-isolation; they must quarantine for an entire 14 days away from other people in their households.
@Tim_Bousquet halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/bad-cā¦
Here's @TwitCoast editor Kyle Shaw with more on the April 6 easing of restrictions.
NOTE: We had 6 new cases that day.
#covid19NS #nshealth thecoast.ca/halifax/6-caseā¦
NOTE: We had 6 new cases that day.
#covid19NS #nshealth thecoast.ca/halifax/6-caseā¦
KYLE SHAW: A rising activity level feels hard to reconcile with relaxing public health restrictions, especially when we don't know if our vaccination program is going remarkably well or straight-up sucking. 
Don't let Google Meet glitches get you down @RockyElementary @HRCE_NS @TILTHRCE Follow these troubleshooting steps if you are getting kicked out of a @GoogleForEdu Meet when you open a new tab... #COVID19NS #TheFutureofNS 1/5
Step 1 Don't let Google Meet glitches get you down
@RockyElementary @HRCE_NS
@TILTHRCE Power down your device. Often this solves your problem. #COVID19NS #TheFutureofNS
@RockyElementary @HRCE_NS
@TILTHRCE Power down your device. Often this solves your problem. #COVID19NS #TheFutureofNS
Step 2 Don't let Google Meet glitches get you down
@RockyElementary @HRCE_NS
@TILTHRCE Check for Chrome updates, install, and reboot. #COVID19NS #TheFutureofNS
@RockyElementary @HRCE_NS
@TILTHRCE Check for Chrome updates, install, and reboot. #COVID19NS #TheFutureofNS
Summer day camps across Nova Scotia can reopen, if they have a plan in place to address public health measures. Learn more about the #COVID19NS guidelines for day camps at novascotia.ca/coronavirus/doā¦
Dr. Strang released the day camp guidelines today, June 12. The guidelines are based in part on child care guidelines which were created with input from infection control experts at the @IWKHealthCentre. #COVID19NS
The guidelines also include feedback from some day camp providers, along with guidance on preventing and reducing the spread of #COVID19, advising staff on the use of PPE and outlining public health measures.
ā¦.@UniforTheUnionā©, which represents 450 workers at #Northwood, says #PPE was withheld in early stages of the outbreak because the nursing home, like many others in Cda., was concerned about its supply running out.
Story ā¦@GregMercerGlobeā© theglobeandmail.com/canada/articleā¦
Story ā¦@GregMercerGlobeā© theglobeandmail.com/canada/articleā¦
2)@JanetHazey, Pres. @NS_nurses, said staffing levels at #Northwood have long been a major concern of hers.
She said the union has been calling for a staff review at Northwood for years and published a report called Broken Homes in late 2015. @MulliganCBC cbc.ca/news/canada/noā¦
She said the union has been calling for a staff review at Northwood for years and published a report called Broken Homes in late 2015. @MulliganCBC cbc.ca/news/canada/noā¦
3) @LindaMacNeil3 of #Uniforsaid there will be a meeting of the health-care unions on Thurs. She said the call for a public inquiry will likely be a topic of discussion.
Janet Simm said Northwood welcomes the scrutiny.
(@StephenMcNeil has consistently dodged the question.)
Janet Simm said Northwood welcomes the scrutiny.
(@StephenMcNeil has consistently dodged the question.)
1) B.C. made this critical, life-saving change to staffing in #LongTermCare on Mar. 31.
ā¦@AndrewRankinCBā© @nsgov took 2 weeks to enact another PHAC guideline to limit nursing home workers from working at multiple LTC facilities. That #COVID19NS thechronicleherald.ca/news/ns-governā¦
ā¦@AndrewRankinCBā© @nsgov took 2 weeks to enact another PHAC guideline to limit nursing home workers from working at multiple LTC facilities. That #COVID19NS thechronicleherald.ca/news/ns-governā¦
2) policy came into effect in Nova Scotia on April 23.
(In early April, many Nova Scotians were asking why NS wasnāt adopting the BC model, which included ensuring our #HealthcareHeroes were giving FT hrs at 1 facility. #nspoli
(In early April, many Nova Scotians were asking why NS wasnāt adopting the BC model, which included ensuring our #HealthcareHeroes were giving FT hrs at 1 facility. #nspoli
3) As early as March 13, Nova Scotia healthcare unions were united in their call to @nshealth for PPEās - #N95masks specifically - for all frontline workers.
Those calls were ignored.
@cupenovascotia @NS_nurses @NSGEU @UniforTheUnion @NSNDP #nshealth
nsnu.ca/sites/default/ā¦
Those calls were ignored.
@cupenovascotia @NS_nurses @NSGEU @UniforTheUnion @NSNDP #nshealth
nsnu.ca/sites/default/ā¦
#Covid-19 endures for days on plastic or metal but disintegrates soon after landing on #copper surfaces, thanks to copper's anti-microbial properties.
Read this thread for more re: how copper fights #covid.
#nspoli #cbpoli #covid19ns #novascotia
Read this thread for more re: how copper fights #covid.
#nspoli #cbpoli #covid19ns #novascotia
The 1st recorded use of #copper as an infection-killing agent comes from Smith's Papyrus, the oldest-known medical document in history. The information therein has been ascribed to an Egyptian doctor circa 1700 B.C. but is based on information that dates back as far as 3200 B.C.
Egyptians designated the ankh symbol, representing eternal life, to denote copper in hieroglyphs.
As far back as 1,600 B.C., the Chinese used copper coins as medication to treat heart and stomach pain as well as bladder diseases.
#nspoli #cbpoli #covid19ns #novascotia #copper
As far back as 1,600 B.C., the Chinese used copper coins as medication to treat heart and stomach pain as well as bladder diseases.
#nspoli #cbpoli #covid19ns #novascotia #copper
In 1852, physician Victor Burq visited a copper smelter in Paris, where they used heat and chemicals to extract the reddish-brown metal. It was a dirty and dangerous job.
Read this thread to learn how #copper helps fight #covid19.
#nspoli #cbpoli #Novascotia #covid19ns
Read this thread to learn how #copper helps fight #covid19.
#nspoli #cbpoli #Novascotia #covid19ns
Yet, the 200 employees who worked there had all been spared from cholera outbreaks that hit the city in 1832, 1849, and 1852.
#nspoli #cbpoli #Novascotia #covid19ns
#nspoli #cbpoli #Novascotia #covid19ns
When Burq learned that 400-500 #copper workers on the same street had also mysteriously dodged cholera, he concluded that something about their professionsāand copperāhad made them immune to the highly infectious disease.
#nspoli #cbpoli #Novascotia #covid19ns
#nspoli #cbpoli #Novascotia #covid19ns
Premier McNeil and Dr. Strang will provide an update today at 3 p.m. about #COVID19NS including information on 20 new cases. As of today, April 2, Nova Scotia has 193 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Twenty new cases were identified Wednesday, April 1, and 900 COVID-19 tests were completed at the QEII microbiology lab. While most cases are connected to travel or a known case, as reported, there is 1 confirmed case of community transmission and more are expected to present.
NS has 7,446 negative test results and 193 confirmed cases. Those cases range in age from under 10 to over 80. Five people are in hospital. 16 have recovered and their cases of COVID-19 are considered resolved.
We're all coming together - apart - to help our neighbours and we need your help in supporting people in the greater community without a place to call home.
#covid19ns
#covid19ns
Hfx's shelter community, along with our municipal and provincial govts, the YMCA & Mobile Outreachās Street Health, have been working to create safer spaces to provide our homeless clients, many of whom are at high risk of serious illness, required social distancing. #covid19ns
Last night, we collectively opened the first pop-up shelter at Needham Centre in Hfx. As we implement our pandemic plans to meet the state of emergency announced this morning, we will have many needs.
#COVID19NS
#COVID19NS
BREAKING: @StephenMcNeil declares a state of emergency. No one is to gather in groups larger than five. Premier says we're dealing with a "deadly disease," and he's disappointed in blatant disregard for social distancing over the weekend. #halifax #novascotia #covid19NS
Orders self-isolation, effective tomorrow, for everyone coming into Nova Scotia -- even domestic travellers coming in from other provinces. Exception will made for those who come in to deliver essential services. #covid19novascotia #covid19NS
This follows measures adopted by Newfoundland and Labrador earlier this week. "There will be no exceptions," said McNeil. #covid19NS
Another #socialdistancing activity: visit #NovaScotia parks that contain former mines/quarries!
The Kempt Quarry Recreation Site is one of many former gypsum quarries in #HantsCounty.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #COVID19NS
#COVIDCanada @MLAChuckPorter
The Kempt Quarry Recreation Site is one of many former gypsum quarries in #HantsCounty.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #COVID19NS
#COVIDCanada @MLAChuckPorter
370 million-year-old "Scotia Grey" #granite from the #Shelburne Island Park #Quarry helped build many #NovaScotia buildings including Shelburne Post Office and the old @chronicleherald building.
Today, the quarry is part of the Islands Provincial Park.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia
Today, the quarry is part of the Islands Provincial Park.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia
#ShubiePark in #Dartmouth contains a former quarry that is now a baseball field and campground. Former mines and quarries are often hidden in plain sight!
#Halifax #nspoli #Novascotia #NS #cbpoli
#Halifax #nspoli #Novascotia #NS #cbpoli
Re-watching some shows while #socialdistancing for #MarchBreak? We're chatting this week about some of our favourites that have great #geology or interesting stories behind their #filminglocations.
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #CapeBreton #COVIDCanada #covid19 #COVID19NS
#nspoli #cbpoli #NovaScotia #CapeBreton #COVIDCanada #covid19 #COVID19NS
#GameofThrones used #Iceland's #Thingvellir Park as the #BloodyGate. Its landscape is caused by the Eurasian and #NorthAmerican tectonic plates meeting there and pulling apart at a rate of 2 cms per year. This made a rift valley: low land between 2 separating continents.
#nspoli
#nspoli
#MagheramorneQuarry, #NorthernIreland, is the set for #CastleBlack and #TheWall in #GameofThrones. The quarry wall is used as a backdrop and effects make it look huge.
The site's limestone was used to make cement. #NS has a limestone quarry and cement plant in Brookfield.
#nspoli
The site's limestone was used to make cement. #NS has a limestone quarry and cement plant in Brookfield.
#nspoli
