Chief medical health officer Dr. Robert Strang said he is confident the province’s return to
Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health. (Nova Scotia Government photo)
school plan plan allows for children to return to school while appropriate safety measures are in place. He said it will present a sense of normalcy back to students and staff. However, he also said the new normal will not look like the pre-covid normal.
Strang said there is a possibility the province will see cases of COVID-19 in school-age children. He Also said it’s possible there will be sporadic cases in schools but it doesn’t mean the plan is wrong. The plan, he said includes contingencies for working on a local level, like they do with all covid-19 cases.
He said the goal is to have a targeted approach and avoid broad measures applied across the province.