Residents of the Atlantic provinces will be allowed to travel to any other Atlantic province without self-isolating.
A release from Premier Stephen McNeil says, because numbers remain low across the region, the Council of Atlantic Premiers have decided non-essential travel between provinces will be allowed starting July 3.
McNeil says this doesn’t reduce other public health restrictions like physical distancing.
“This virus is deadly and shows up when you least expect it,” he says. “None of us should feel confident about where we are, none of use should feel cocky about the fact we’ve been able to do some great work collectively together, or otherwise this virus will humble us very, very quickly.”
McNeil says each of the Atlantic provinces, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, still control how they screen and monitor visitors.
He says visitors will be checked for Atlantic region ID at our border before they’re allowed to enter without isolating, if you can’t you’ll be expected to self isolate for 14 days, just as before.
“It only takes one outbreak for this virus to, actually, spread quickly that’s why we all need to be very mindful of what we can do to protect fellow citizens.”
McNeil says it’s important to know the restriction of the province you’re visiting.
He says you shouldn’t travel if you have any symptoms that could be COVID-19.
McNeil says travel restrictions remain in place for all non-Atlantic provinces.
There were no new COVID-19 cases announced Wednesday; it’s been three days without an active case, and 15 days without a new positive case.
We stand at 1061 total confirmed cases; 63 people have died and 998 have recovered.
Two people remain in hospital with COVID-19 related complications, one of them in ICU.
