Coronavirus (COVID-19): posters, factsheets and resources

Guidelines to help arts, events and culture organizations and businesses develop plans to safely reopen.

Guidelines to help bingo operations develop plans to safely reopen.

Checklist to help businesses and organizations create a healthy workplace.

Guidelines to help offices reduce the risk COVID-19 transmission in the workplace.

Guidelines to help staff, volunteers, support workers, participants and visitors prevent the introduction and spread of COVID-19 in the home and community.

Advice for businesses, employers and community groups to keep their staff and clients healthy and stop the spread of COVID-19.

Guidelines for reducing the spread of COVID-19 at events, performances and faith-based gatherings.

Sign to show that a face mask is required in a space.

COVID-19 guidance for faith-based gatherings (activities, rituals and practices).

Safety information for forestry sector businesses operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guidelines to help large venues and facilities develop a plan to safely host spectators or events, including managing zones of 200 people (indoors) and 250 people (outdoors).

Guidelines for games and activities (like darts, pool, cards and bowling) at licensed establishments.

Sign for restaurants and liquor licensed establishments to show the maximum number of people allowed at each table.

Guidelines for family, friends and support people visiting residents of long-term care facilities for social visits.

Sign for restaurants and liquor licensed establishments to show they’ll be collecting guest information for contact tracing and fine for providing false information.

Sign to show how many people can be in a space.

Guidelines to help returning officers follow public health directives when administering a paper ballot election and during COVID-19.

Guidelines to help museums develop plans to safely reopen.

COVID-19 Guidance for Musicians (Vocalists and Instrumentalists).

Protections for renters and what they mean for tenants and landlords.

Guidelines to help recreation programs and facilities develop plans to safely reopen.

Guidance for flushing a building’s water supply to reopen the building safely.

Information about government’s response to the needs of Nova Scotians with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guidelines to support organizations in their return to sport activities.

Overview of self-isolation guidelines and testing options for rotational workers.

Instructions on how to self-isolate for fish harvesters and processing plant workers.

Tips for staying healthy if you decide to volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guidance for safely reopening buildings on municipal drinking water supplies.

Guidance for restarting registered drinking water supplies.

Rules and guidelines that students need to follow to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including requirements for entering Nova Scotia for post-secondary studies.

Guidelines for Nova Scotia’s public education system during the 2020 to 2021 school year.

Overview of the guidelines for Nova Scotia’s public education system during the 2020 to 2021 school year.

COVID-19 public health measures to support organizations in operating before and after school programs in the 2020-21 school year.

Guidance for reducing the spread of COVID-19 in regulated childcare settings.

General technology tips for virtual meetings to help parents, care givers, foster care families, and Department of Community Services staff during the pandemic.

Information to help parents, foster care families, and care givers get the most out of virtual meetings during the pandemic.

Information to help Department of Community Services staff and professionals get the most out of virtual meetings during the pandemic.

Guidelines to support organizations in their delivery of day camps.

Summary of survey results from parents and students who were asked to share their experience with at-home learning during the pandemic.

Rules and guidelines that international students need to follow to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including requirements for entering Nova Scotia for post-secondary studies.

Tips for keeping children and families safe during COVID-19.

Information for families about what to expect in the Pre-Primary Program in the 2020 to 2021 school year.

Guidelines for students staying home if they have symptoms of COVID-19 and how schools will support your child if they become unwell at school.

Quarantine and public health requirements that learning institutions need to follow when new international students arrive. Institutions need to follow these requirements to be included on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s list of designated learning institutions.

Guidelines that students coming to Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic Canada need to follow to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Guidelines to support the Back to School Plan for students with specialized healthcare needs in the public education system.

A letter from Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang, explaining the most important things Nova Scotians need to do to stay healthy and stop the spread of COVID-19.

Instructions for proper cough and sneeze etiquette.

It’s important to closely monitor your health. Consider these questions each day before leaving home and entering public spaces.

Advice for how individuals and families can stay healthy and stop the spread of COVID-19.

Information for businesses and workplaces on mandatory mask use in indoor public places.

Instructions for proper physical distancing.

Washing your hands frequently with soap and water is the best way to reduce the spread of germs.

Poster in English and Chinese explaining how to properly wear a non-medical mask.

Poster in English and Arabic explaining how to properly wear a non-medical mask.

Poster in English and French explaining how to properly wear a non-medical mask.

Public health measures that everyone should follow during COVID-19.

Instructions for how to self-isolate. Everyone arriving in Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic Canada is required to self-isolate for 14 days.

Quick facts about self-isolation rules for people entering Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic Canada.

Arabic translation of quick facts about self-isolation.

Mi’kmaq translation of quick facts about self-isolation.

Oromo translation of quick facts about self-isolation.

Simplified Chinese translation of quick facts about self-isolation.

Somali translation of quick facts about self-isolation.

Tigrinya translation of quick facts about self-isolation.

Instructions for proper handwashing and cough and sneeze etiquette.

Advice for emergency preparedness and safe shopping.

How to safely wear and care for your reusable non-medical mask.

Overview of who is eligible to receive the vaccine throughout the 3 phases.