Nova Scotia is lifting its border restrictions and opening to the rest of Atlantic Canada on June 23rd. The lifted isolation requirements may very well be matched this afternoon by New Brunswick, as Premier Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell hold a briefing at 2:30pm.
It’s expected that New Brunswick will hit it’s first target in the “Path to Green” plan today, with 75% of those 12 and older having received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Recently Higgs announced the first step of the “Path to Green” would include lifted isolation requirements for travellers from Cumberland County as well as PEI, Newfoundland, and bubbled Quebec communities.
In a release from the Nova Scotia government, Premier Iain Rankin credits low case numbers and hospitalizations, and increased numbers of vaccinations as the reasons behind that province’s decision to reinstate their part of the Atlantic Bubble.
Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Robert Strang, says the epidemiology across the region is “showing similar numbers, which allows us to ease the border restrictions.” He said Nova Scotia will be watching the situation closely, and “we will move quickly if we see case numbers on the rise.”
The Nova Scotia release said conversations with the three other Atlantic premiers are ongoing, and the province is on track to open to the rest of Canada by no later than July 14.
