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Nova Scotia reported 187 new cases of <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> over the long weekend, and although the number of positive cases seems low, infectious disease expert Dr. Lisa Barrett points to the low number of tests processed at the Nova Scotia Health Authority&#8217;s labs over the weekend.
&#8220;The number of cases goes down when the denominator or the number of people getting tested goes down,&#8221; said Barrett.
&#8220;And so do I really believe that those case numbers are right? Probably not if the number of people getting tested is going down.&#8221;
Because COVID-19 can spread without symptoms, Barrett says if we are only testing for close contacts and people with symptoms, we can be missing upwards of 30 per cent of cases in the community.
		
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				Nova Scotia to speed up second doses of COVID-19 vaccine as 54 new cases announced			</a>
		
	
&#8220;That&#8217;s one of the reasons we shouldn&#8217;t stop testing,&#8221; said Barrett. &#8220;We need to make sure we are getting tested, even after first doses.&#8221;
On Tuesday Nova Scotia reported 54 new cases of COVID-19, there are currently 856 active cases in the province, but on Monday the province processed 3,973 tests, that&#8217;s the lowest number of tests completed during the third wave of the lockdown.
Nova Scotia public health is once again encouraging people to make testing part of their covid-19 defence strategy, saying it&#8217;s an essential component to crushing this third wave.
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Although the number of positive cases being reported seems low, Dr. Robert Strang did say its&#39; a good sign but the provinces testing numbers were low, particularly on Sunday where only 4,364 tests were processed.
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&#8220;Vaccination is a primary pillar to our way out of this but we know that full protection doesn&#8217;t occur until after two vaccines,&#8221; said Dr. Todd Hatchette, chief of microbiology with Nova Scotia Health. &#8220;The wild card of the variants is always one thing that hangs over our heads, and the only way you can really keep an eye on what&#8217;s happening in the community is getting out and getting tested.&#8221;
Those long lines outside the COVID-19 rapid testing sites that we saw early in the third wave are no longer the case, said Dr. Marianne Standford, site lead at the Alderney Gate public library rapid testing site.
&#8220;At our peak, we were seeing 1,000 to 1,200 people come through a day,&#8221; said Stanford. &#8220;Now we are down around 400 to 600 a day, so we certainly have more capacity.&#8221;
This is just at the Alderney Landing rapid testing site. The same goes for other locations like the Halifax Convention Centre, where 20 people were lined up for a test before the doors opened at noon on Tuesday.
Stanford says rapid testing can&#8217;t be a one-and-done solution it needs to be incorporated into people&#8217;s day-to-day life, as we continue to work our way through the pandemic.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen people every day coming in and this is their first rapid test and that is great and then we also have a bunch of other people who come in regularly, once a week or twice a week, depending on what they are doing on a day to day basis and we encourage both,&#8221; said Stanford.
As the vaccine rollout continues, it looks like it will be a one-dose summer for most Nova Scotians, which means keeping testing part of our routines is key to limiting another outbreak of the virus.
		
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				Nova Scotia set to deliver 2nd doses of COVID-19 vaccine ‘well ahead of schedule’			</a>
		
	
&#8220;Until we get our second doses behind us and we are absolutely certain of being able to keep track of virus that comes into our province,&#8221; said Barrett. &#8220;Until we get those two things well in hand, we will have to continue to keep up with weekly testing or else we will end up at high risk for further outbreaks.&#8221;
These rapid pop-up testing sites have accounted for detecting 10 percent of the positive COVID-19 cases during this third wave said Hatchette, they are effective if people continue to use them.
&#8220;We&#8217;re easily able to process and turn around 10 to 12,000 tests a day and maintain our turn around time,&#8221; said Hatchette.
&#8220;The public should be reassured we have the capacity and to make sure all Nova Scotians should make testing a regular part of their COVID life.&#8221;

Low COVID-19 testing number prompts public health to ask Nova Scotians to get COVID-19 tested and make it part of their public health routine.

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Nova Scotia reported 49 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest number of new cases the province has seen since April.
The last time single-day case numbers were this low was on April 23, when 44 new cases were announced — back at the beginning of the third, and worst, wave of COVID-19 in the province. Within days of that, Nova Scotia began reporting triple-digit case numbers.
While the province has been back in the double digits for new cases since May 17, Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia&#8217;s chief medical officer of health, warned Monday that Nova Scotia is not out of the woods yet.
		
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“The number of positive cases being reported today is lower,” said Strang in a release.
“While that is a good sign, our testing numbers are also down today. Our testing centres are open, and I encourage those that are out to stop in and get tested.”
Nova Scotia Health labs completed 4,364 tests on Sunday, the lowest number of new daily tests since April 19.
A further 98 people have recovered from COVID-19 and the number of active cases in the province has fallen to 894.
		
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There are 41 new cases of COVID-19 in the province&#8217;s central zone and eight in the eastern zone. Community spread has been confirmed in the central health zone and in the Sydney region.
There are 72 people in hospital, including 19 in ICU.
Updated vaccination numbers aren&#8217;t available today, but on Saturday the province marked a milestone in administering 500,000 doses of the vaccine. Forty-five per cent of Nova Scotians have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Today, I received my first dose of vaccine,” said Premier Iain Rankin in the release.
“The spirit at the vaccine clinics is extraordinary. I can’t thank front-line workers enough for the important work they’re doing to ensure that we are all protected.”

While COVID-19 case numbers were low, the province’s chief medical officer of health said the number of people getting tested was also low.

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‘A good sign’: Nova Scotia reports 49 new COVID-19 cases, lowest number in a month

Nova Scotia reported 86 new cases of <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> on Saturday, the lowest number of single-day cases the province has seen since the end of April.
The province also reported more than 100 new recoveries since Friday, and the number of active cases has dropped to 1,509.
&#8220;I’m pleased to see that our new case number is a double-digit figure for the first time in more than two weeks,” said Premier Iain Rankin in a release.
“Thanks to the sacrifices of Nova Scotians, we’re seeing hopeful signs of a downward trend. However, we must stick with the restrictions and public health measures to stop the spread while we continue to vaccinate more and more Nova Scotians.”
Sixty-six of the new cases are in the province&#8217;s central zone, 11 are in the eastern zone, four are in the western zone and five are in the northern zone.
		
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One of the new cases in the central zone is a staff member at The Ivy Meadows, a long-term care facility in Beaver Bank.
&#8220;At the direction of public health and as an added precaution, residents and staff from the affected unit are being tested,&#8221; the release said. &#8220;Most residents have been fully vaccinated with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.&#8221;
The number of hospitalizations has continued to climb, with 96 people now in hospital including 23 in intensive care. The median age for hospitalizations is 55 for non-ICU and 58 for ICU during the third wave.
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The province has confirmed community spread in the central health zone. The other three health zones continue to be closely monitored for community spread, but there are &#8220;areas of concern&#8221; in Sydney, Bridgewater and the Annapolis Valley from New Minas to Kentville. As a result, the province has increased COVID-19 testing in those areas.
		
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				More COVID-19 testing sites added in Nova Scotia			</a>
		
	
Nova Scotia Health labs completed 10,272 tests on Friday.
“Today’s new case number shows that things are heading in the right direction, and the hard work we’re doing is helping to slow the spread,” said Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia&#8217;s chief medical officer of health, in the release.
“We all must continue to follow the public health protocols to bring those numbers down and be in a position to start re-opening in June.”
So far, the province has had a total of 4,610 positive cases and 3,030 recoveries. A total of 72 people who tested positive for the virus have died.

Saturday’s COVID-19 update marked the first time the province has seen double-digit figures in more than two weeks.

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COVID-19: 86 new cases in Nova Scotia, the lowest number since April

When Nova Scotia reported a record number of <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> cases on Tuesday, it also set a new high water mark for tests. The province reported 96 new cases Tuesday, with chief medical officer Dr. Robert Strang saying that about 20,000 tests were processed the previous day.
In New Brunswick, tests numbered just 1,220 that same day, just above the 1,080 daily average of tests reported in April. In comparison, Nova Scotia has a daily testing average of 3,239 over the same period. That&#8217;s 1.4 tests per 1,000 people in New Brunswick and 3.3 in Nova Scotia.
But Halifax-based epidemiologist Kevin Wilson says the discrepancy comes down to a difference in approach, not a failure on the part of New Brunswick&#8217;s public health apparatus.
&#8220;It&#8217;s just a difference in strategy,&#8221; Wilson said.
&#8220;I will say that New Brunswick throughout the pandemic has been really good at contact tracing. They seem like they just never give up on finding the origin of cases.&#8221;
The focus on contact tracing has allowed New Brunswick to quickly locate index cases, test and isolate close contacts.
		
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				COVID-19: Nova Scotia reports a record 63 new cases, doubles large gatherings fine to $2,000			</a>
		
	
Wilson says Nova Scotia, while still heavily contact tracing, uses a more volume based approach. He likens testing to a game of Battleship, where public health is using tests to find hidden pockets of the virus. Many will come back negative, a miss, but others will hit. The more tests, the more chances you&#8217;ll hit.
&#8220;Having more shots fired and trying to find those cases more aggressively you&#8217;re going to be able to find them faster and hopefully get them under control sooner,&#8221; he said.
That&#8217;s one reason why Nova Scotia has posted much larger test results over the month of April.
Anyone in Nova Scotia can get a test at any time, even if they don&#8217;t have symptoms, whereas New Brunswick requires someone to have at least one symptom, to be a close contact of a confirmed case or have been at an exposure site.
But another reason for the difference in testing rates can be explained by circumstance, says Newfoundland based epidemiologist Susanne Gulliver. The steady growth of cases, combined with the lockdown leads to more testing, as contacts are tracked down and public exposures are reported.
		
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Nova Scotia has also seen massive demand for pop-up rapid testing reserved for those with no symptoms or positive contacts.
&#8220;When you can count and trace all of someone&#8217;s contacts then you don&#8217;t need to do this broad testing,&#8221; Gulliver said.
&#8220;In Nova Scotia, where you have community spread and you can&#8217;t find that patient zero then you have to open it up.&#8221;
New Brunswick has, at times, used mass testing in areas where community transmission was taking place, including most recently in the Edmundston region. Targeted testing for facilities experiencing outbreaks is also commonplace.
All residents of Magee House and the Elizabeth Parr-Johnston residences at the University of New Brunswick have been tested in recent days following an outbreak and possible exposure respectively.
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The difference in testing rates can be explained by the changing circumstances of outbreaks and each province’s approach to finding and containing the virus, experts say.

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Differences in N.B., N.S. testing rates a matter of strategy, circumstance: epidemiologists

Some West Island residents are dealing with long wait times to get their <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/covid/" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> test results back. In some cases, there are reports people are waiting seven days.
The CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, the regional health authority, says it is aware of the situation. In a statement to Global News on Monday, a spokesperson said they are dealing with a technical issue.
		
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&#8220;We are currently experiencing somewhat of a delay due to a technical issue,&#8221; said Hélène Bergeron-Gamache, a spokesperson with the CIUSSS.
&#8220;Our teams are currently focused on resolving the issue so that test results may be available within a reasonable timeframe. We are confident that we will be able to quickly make up for the delays encountered and expect the situation to be resolved tomorrow.&#8221;
		
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				Quebec reports under 900 COVID-19 cases for first time in about a month			</a>
		
	
In most cases across the island, test results are available within 48 hours.

Some West Island residents say they are waiting up to seven days before getting their COVID-19 test results. The CIUSSS says it is a technical issue.

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Nova Scotia health officials reported three new cases of <a href="http://globalnews.ca/tag/covid" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> on Thursday and said all three cases are the B.1.1.7 variant.
The cases are residents of Nova Scotia but are currently out of province, according to public health.
&#8220;These cases have no known close contacts in Nova Scotia,&#8221; read a release.
As of Thursday, the total number of cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the U.K., in Nova Scotia is 44. The number of cases of the B.1.351 variant identified in South Africa is still 10.
		
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Thursday morning, restrictions to the New Brunswick border were reinstated, making it mandatory for N.B. travellers to self-isolate for 14 days upon entry to Nova Scotia.
Premier Iain Rankin made the call to reinstate restrictions on Tuesday, less than a week before Atlantic premiers agreed to reopen the bubble on April 19. The decision was made due to an outbreak of a COVID-19 variant in the Edmundston region in New Brunswick.
“Today the restrictions on the New Brunswick border have been reinstated,” Rankin said in a news release.
“Our strong adherence to public health protocols has helped us limit the spread of the virus and it is important that we remain diligent to keep our communities safe.”
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Nova Scotia currently has 42 known active cases of COVID-19.
The province completed 2,770 Nova Scotia tests on Wednesday, for a total of 336,823 tests since the start of the second wave on Oct. 1.
There have been 697 positive COVID-19 cases and one death in the second wave, says public health.
Four people are in hospital as of Thursday, but none are in intensive care.
Nova Scotia has administered 182,867 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 31,998 Nova Scotians have received their second dose.

Thursday morning, restrictions to the New Brunswick border were reinstated, making it mandatory for N.B. travellers to self-isolate for 14 days upon entry to Nova Scotia. 

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Nova Scotia reports 3 new COVID-19 variant cases in individuals outside the province

The NBA is increasingly realizing the <a href="https://nba.nbcsports.com/2019/10/14/cj-mccollum-others-talk-nba-sleep-issue-lack-of-sleep-messes-up-how-you-play/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">importance of sleep</a>.
The league is also playing a <a href="https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/11/09/nba-trainer-on-next-season-this-is-the-bubble-times-three-or-four-or-five/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">compressed schedule</a> and <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/nba-to-use-point-of-care-rapid-testing-daily-for-players-during-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">frequently testing for coronavirus</a> in order to <a href="https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/11/10/players-react-to-deal-to-start-nba-season-no-one-is-passing-up-that-money/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">keep revenue flowing</a> amid this pandemic.
Though coronavirus cases and postponements have garnered <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/three-things-to-know-the-nba-isnt-going-to-pause-this-is-playing-in-a-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">significant attention</a>, even standard procedure this season has caused major complications.
Hawks guard <a class="nameLink" href="https://www.nbcsports.com/edge/basketball/nba/player/30064/bogdan-bogdanovic" target="_blank" target="_blank">Bogdan Bogdanovic</a>, <a href="https://theathletic.com/2490788/2021/04/01/bogdan-bogdanovic-atlanta-hawks-role-trade-talks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">in a Q&amp;A with Chris Kirschner of The Athletic</a>:
<blockquote>What would you say has been the most challenging part this season for you? 
The circumstances in which we’re playing in. Keeping our mental health. You come off a back-to-back and you have to get tested in the morning. You don’t get enough sleep after the game. You sleep for four hours. There have been a lot of injuries this year, but it’s OK. We are all in this together and everyone is in the same situation. I just hope we will get out of this as soon as possible.
I didn’t realize you guys were sleeping that little some nights. Sleeping four hours and then doing a strenuous physical activity is hard. 
Sometimes you have these back-to-back games, then you have to get tested early in the morning. You fly and you land at 1. You can get to sleep by 3 hopefully after you take a shower, unpack and your adrenaline goes down after playing a game. Then you have to get tested at 9, which means you have to wake up at 8. That’s the tough part of this.</blockquote>
Testing is <a href="https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/11/30/adam-silver-nba-nearly-didnt-proceed-with-bubble-when-florida-coronavirus-cases-spiked/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">essential to the NBA&#8217;s operation</a>. Without testing, the league wouldn&#8217;t continue to generate the money that pays players&#8217; salaries. So, this is an acceptable tradeoff.
But that doesn&#8217;t make a lack of sleep a non-issue.
Maybe it has contributed to the <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/nba-first-three-teams-win-by-40-on-same-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">numerous blowouts</a> and <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/p/nba-has-77-players-who-look-like-they-deserve-to-be-all-stars" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">less-effective defense</a> this season.

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Hawks’ Bogdan Bogdanovic details how coronavirus testing costs NBA players sleep

NBA games are being played in an <a href="https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/02/18/nba-has-77-players-who-look-like-they-deserve-to-be-all-stars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unprecedented offensive environment</a>.
Which has led to a vocal segment of people complaining about a lack of defense and prevalence of 3-pointers. You might be one of them. Hardcore NBA fans – the type more likely to read this site – tend to have stronger opinions about reeling in playing style.
But that group is the minority.
NBA Senior Vice President of Basketball Strategy &amp; Analytics Evan Wasch on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/75-evan-wasch-the-nbas-evp-of-analytics-idea-2021-conference/id1428290303?i=1000512859134" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Thinking Basketball&#8221; podcast</a>:
<blockquote>If you ask our fans – and we do, not surprisingly, extensive fan surveying. And we&#8217;ve even done dial testing, right, where fans are literally sitting watching games with kind of a dial like you might see during political debate and turning it up or down based on whether they enjoy what they&#8217;re seeing. The overwhelming response in all of that research is that fans like the high scoring.
Now, that doesn&#8217;t mean that that&#8217;s universal. There are certainly those on the other side of that. But the ratio is very high. And it also doesn&#8217;t mean that there&#8217;s not some theoretical future state where it&#8217;s going to cross a threshold where that is no longer the case, right?
But at least kind of where we are now, however you ask the question – Do you like the number of 3s? Do you like the high scoring? Do you think the game is in a better place now than it was five years ago? – all of those come back with these overwhelmingly positive ratios.</blockquote>
This is important perspective for understanding how the league operates. There are so many casual fans who don&#8217;t get into online debates about changing rules to curb scoring. Those fans just sit back, kick up their feet and watch the points fly.
There might be limitations on the usefulness of dial testing. While watching a single game, scoring is obviously thrilling. But over the long run, if scoring seems too easy, the effect is diluted.
But it doesn&#8217;t sound as if dial testing is the only measure the league is using.
I highly recommend <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/75-evan-wasch-the-nbas-evp-of-analytics-idea-2021-conference/id1428290303?i=1000512859134" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listening to this entire podcast</a>. Host Ben Taylor covers many topics, and Wasch&#8217;s responses are reassuring. Agree or disagree with him, Wasch shows the NBA is thoughtfully analyzing these issues.

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<a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/saskatchewan-health-authority/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saskatchewan Health Authority</a> (SHA) has modified vehicle access into Regina’s drive-thru <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/coronavirus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID-19</a> testing and immunization site at Evraz Place.
The change is to improve traffic flow and safety for those accessing the site, read a press release.
		
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Effective immediately, the only access for the drive-thru sites will be from the northbound lane on Lewvan Drive and drivers are asked to make a right-hand turn from the most easterly lane into the grounds, SHA said.
Officials noted the site can only be accessed from Elphinstone Street for those with pre-booked appointments.
SHA said the drive-thru line for immunizations will be considered full once the on-site space has reached capacity; this will allow access for those with pre-booked immunization appointments or those seeking testing.
“It is important to note that the line-ups will fluctuate throughout the day. We can accommodate 600 cars on-site at any given time with an estimated wait time of six hours when we reach 600,&#8221; SHA announced Wednesday afternoon.
“Throughout the day there may be intermittent periods of time where access to drive-thru immunization is restricted until there is a reduction of vehicles on site. We will reopen access once that occurs.”
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Colour-coded signs mark the site now to provide visual cues for each service and are as follows:
<ul>
<li>Green signs for the AstraZeneca vaccine drive-thru clinic. Immunization clinic hours are 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and on a first-come, first-serve basis for people aged 60 to 64 years only;</li>
<li>Yellow signs for the testing drive-thru. Test hours are from 12 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and</li>
<li>Blue signs for pre-booked immunization appointments. These appointments are for eligible age categories pre-booked <a href="https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/vaccine-booking">online on the province&#8217;s website</a> or by phone. Access for pre-booked appointments can occur from Elphinstone and 10th Avenue.</li>
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SHA said the City of Regina and Regina Police Service will implement traffic control and will turn cars away if vehicle volumes becoming a safety risk.
“If this occurs, you will be directed to return at a later time. Booked appointments will still be accommodated,” read the statement.
“This site and flow of traffic from the street is being monitored frequently during clinic hours.”
SHA advises motorists to plan to arrive early and to check wait times <a href="https://www.saskhealthauthority.ca/news/service-alerts-emergency-events/Pages/COVID-19-Vaccine-Drive-Thru-Wait-Times.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online on the health authority&#8217;s site</a> beforehand.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority released a map detailing the new traffic flow at Regina’s COVID-19 testing and immunization site at Evraz Place. Continue reading →

Coronavirus: Traffic at Regina COVID-19 testing, vaccination site modified

The NBA had given every indication it <a href="https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/01/11/three-things-to-know-the-nba-isnt-going-to-pause-this-is-playing-in-a-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plans to keep playing</a> through the coronavirus pandemic.
But as <a href="https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/01/11/mavericks-pelicans-celtics-bulls-postponed-due-to-coronavirus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issues mount</a>…
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN:
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The NBA has set a special Board of Governors meeting for Tuesday, sources tell ESPN.
&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1348698375676436488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2021</a></blockquote>

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The NBA&#39;s general managers have a conference call set today to discuss these issues with league today too, sources tell ESPN. <a href="https://t.co/RtAvacSLmO">https://t.co/RtAvacSLmO</a>
&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1348690053506232336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2021</a></blockquote>

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Among topics for GM call today centered on tightening protocols, sources tell ESPN: Re-examining shootarounds and practice lengths, pre-and-post game socializing on court (for example, hugs), further restrictions on restaurant dining and tighter rules on mask-wearing.
&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1348699481143959556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2021</a></blockquote>

Jason Dumas of KRON4 News:
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Source: NBA considering a 7 to 14 day pause amidst the growing rate of positive cases within the league. The NBA brass &amp; GMs will meet virtually today or tomorrow to reconsider safety protocols. The league wants to avoid a pause but it is on the table. <a href="https://twitter.com/kron4news?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kron4news</a>
&mdash; Jason Dumas (@JDumasReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDumasReports/status/1348697336130650112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2021</a></blockquote>

It&#8217;s worth remembering: Though NBA players are getting coronavirus during the season, they contracted the virus at a <a href="https://nba.nbcsports.com/2020/12/02/nba-48-of-546-players-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-8-8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">far higher rate</a> before reporting to their teams. This is in many ways a PR crisis. But a PR crisis isn&#8217;t nothing, and there are also real problems with actually spreading the virus.
The protocols set to be discussed among general managers could help. The league&#8217;s frequent testing is the most effective way to stop coronavirus spread. But infected players can be contagious before testing positive. Limiting players&#8217; interactions with each other could reduce spread.
A special meeting of owners seems more consequential. They have the power to do something more radical &#8212; like suspend the season.

The NBA had given every indication it plans to keep playing through the coronavirus pandemic.

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