Halifax Transit Bus makes a stop on Spring Garden Road. Photo: Steve MacArthur
Public health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 at two grocery stores in Central Zone and some Halifax transit bus routes.
Anyone who worked at or visited the following location on the specified dates and times is asked to 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 of COVID-19 you are required to self-isolate while you wait, as are the other members of your household.
- Sobeys (287 Lacewood Drive, Halifax) on May 28between 4:00 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 11.
- Sobeys (2 Forest Hills Parkway, Dartmouth) on May 31between 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.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.
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 10-12 days after this exposure. If you get a positive result, you will be contacted by Public Health about what to do next.
- Halifax Transit Route #3 (Crosstown), which runs from Lacewood Terminal to Marketplace and Bancroft, on May 28 between 2:15 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 11.
- Halifax Transit Route #3 (Crosstown), which runs from Marketplace and Bancroft to Lacewood Terminal, on May 28 between 10:45 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. It is anticipated that anyone exposed to the virus on the named date may develop symptoms up to, and including, June 11.
It’s anticipated anyone exposed to the virus at this location on the named dates may develop symptoms up to, and including June 12.
You can find a full list of all potential exposure notifications on NSHA website.
