{"id":12037,"date":"2020-04-16T12:59:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=12037"},"modified":"2020-05-21T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:18:14","slug":"live-nova-scotia-covid-19-update-for-april-16-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/live-nova-scotia-covid-19-update-for-april-16-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Nova Scotia COVID-19 update for April 16, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article>\n<div>\n<header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Cape Breton Post<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span title=\"Published April 16, 2020, 1:44 p.m.\"><strong>Published: <\/strong>20 hours ago<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated: <\/strong>18 hours ago<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Computer generated model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/health-coronavirus-britain-sequencingjpg_large\"><\/img><\/p><figcaption>Computer generated model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/spotlight-the-latest-updates-on-covid-19-coronavirus-and-containment-efforts-at-home-and-abroad-406635\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/COVID_paywall_graphic_original.jpg\"><\/img><\/a><\/figure>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><span>Nova Scotia reported 30 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, for a total of 579 cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8wL5dBQxRjc\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RELATED:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/provincial\/covid-19-30-more-cases-reported-in-nova-scotia-as-nursing-home-infections-rise-438276\/\"><\/p>\n<p>            COVID-19: 30 more cases reported in Nova Scotia as nursing home infections rise<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<section>\n<div>\n<p><h2>More local stories<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<article><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/local\/sydney-mines-foodland-owners-didnt-break-the-law-selling-lysol-products-outside-of-store-438797\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People shared this image on Facebook this weekend, claiming it is a photograph of the front step of the owners of Sydney Mines Foodland while they were selling Lysol disinfecting wipes and sprays from their home. CONTRIBUTED \" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/sobeys-investigating-sale-of-lysol-products-off-store-property-by-sydn_DCOG9UJ_medium.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>                                Sydney Mines Foodland owners didn&#8217;t break the law selling Lysol products outside of store<br \/>\n                            <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li title=\"Updated Apr 17, 2020 at 8:42 a.m.\">Updated 1 hour ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/local\/new-canada-emergency-response-benefit-criteria-broaden-benefits-438590\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Watch out for counterfeit currency in the Summerside area.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/99319832_l_medium.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>                                New Canada Emergency Response Benefit criteria broaden benefits<br \/>\n                            <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li title=\"Updated Apr 17, 2020 at 9:14 a.m.\">Updated 1 hour ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/local\/program-delivers-meals-to-cape-breton-students-in-need-438583\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dave Sawler, left, from the Undercurrent Youth Centre speaks with MLA Geoff MacLellan about the new provincial school lunch program outside the Sweet Side of the Moon Bakery in Glace Bay on Thursday. The Sweet Side of the Moon is one of the four restaurants involved in the program, which helps feed students in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality while schools are closed due to health protection orders in place to stop the spread of the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Undercurrent, which had already been delivering lunches to some students in Glace Bay and New Waterford, is one of the community partners of the project which is being piloted in Cape Breton. NICOLE SULLIVAN\/CAPE BRETON POST \" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/cape-breton-piloting-provincial-program-to-bring-meals-to-students-in-need-1_medium.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>                                Program delivers meals to Cape Breton students in need<br \/>\n                            <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li title=\"Updated Apr 16, 2020 at 6:01 p.m.\">Updated 16 hours ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/local\/cbrm-heavy-garbage-pickup-on-hold-438506\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CBRM residents never know what they're going to find when they take cruise around the municipality during the annual heavy garbage pickup. But there will no curbside treasures discovered this month as the popular collection service is on hold until it is determined that it is safe to resume once public heath regulations surrounding COVID-19 are relaxed. However, CBRM Mayor Cecil Clarke says he's confident that heavy garbage will happen sometime in the future. SALTWIRE NETWORLK file photo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/heavy-garbage-collection-on-hold-1_medium.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>                                CBRM heavy garbage pickup on hold<br \/>\n                            <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li title=\"Updated Apr 16, 2020 at 4 p.m.\">Updated 18 hours ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/local\/glace-bay-food-bank-co-ordinator-grateful-for-donations-438454\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael MacNeil, left, a volunteer with the Glace Bay Food Bank, puts away some canned milk assisted by Michelle Kalbhenn, co-ordinator of the food bank in this file photo from November. Kalbhenn said the food bank, like Feed Nova Scotia, is bracing for the long-term effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in thousands of recent job losses across the province. CAPE BRETON POST FILE\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/donations-high-at-glace-bay-food-bank-but-need-expected-to-increase-af_gwUxyzI_medium.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>                                Glace Bay Food Bank co-ordinator grateful for donations<br \/>\n                            <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li title=\"Published 20 hours ago\">Published 20 hours ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/local\/coal-dust-days-cancelled-438441\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"In this file photo, residents of the New Waterford are shown participating in the annual Plummer Avenue Day event during the annual Coal Dust Days festival in the community. Due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the organizing committee has been forced to cancel this year's festival. - Contributed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/community-festival-cancelled-for-this-year-1_medium.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>                                Coal Dust Days cancelled<br \/>\n                            <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li title=\"Published 20 hours ago\">Published 20 hours ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/local\/replay-nova-scotia-covid-19-update-for-april-16-2020-438425\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Computer generated model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/health-coronavirus-britain-sequencingjpg_medium\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>                                REPLAY: Nova Scotia COVID-19 update for April 16, 2020<br \/>\n                            <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li title=\"Updated Apr 16, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.\">Updated 18 hours ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/local\/delivering-home-sewn-masks-in-cape-breton-438202\/\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"(From left) Laura MacDonald and her brother Justin wave to Reserve Mines resident Erville Stubbard as they drop off a package of home-sewn cotton face masks on April 10. Since late March, their family has been making and delivering the masks for free to people around the Cape Breton Regional Municipality like residential continuing care assistants, staff at long-term care facilities and people who are most vulnerable to COVID-19 and complications from the infectious disease. To date, they\u2019ve given away 920 masks and hope to make another 900 more once they receive a shipment of 300 metres of elastic for the ear straps. Thanks to donations of materials and money from community members plus help from volunteer sewers Jacqueline MacNeil and her daughter Addison, the MacDonald family thinks they can hit that target, and distribute 1,820 reusable cotton face masks. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to help anybody we can, who is vulnerable or could be vulnerable,\u201d Justin said. \u201cWe\u2019re taking care of as many people as we can while we can still get our hands on the materials.\u201d NICOLE SULLIVAN\/CAPE BRETON POST \" src=\"http:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/media\/photologue\/photos\/cache\/delivering-home-sewn-masks-in-cape-breton-1_medium.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>                                Delivering home-sewn masks in Cape Breton<br \/>\n                            <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li title=\"Updated Apr 16, 2020 at 10:20 a.m.\">Updated a day ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capebretonpost.com\/news\/local\/live-nova-scotia-covid-19-update-for-april-16-2020-438425\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Breton Post Published: 20 hours ago Updated: 18 hours ago Computer generated model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus. Nova Scotia reported 30 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, for a total of 579 cases.\u00a0 RELATED: COVID-19: 30 more cases reported in Nova Scotia as nursing home infections rise More local stories Sydney Mines&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[120,162,161,157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16536,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12037\/revisions\/16536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}