COVID-19 went mobile for the first time on Wednesday.The use of the 20-foot vans as mobile testing units is part of a new strategy for Nova Scotia Health during the coronavirus pandemic as a second wave of cases sweeps through the province.It’s the first mobile testing unit of its kind in Atlantic Canada and on Wednesday, one of the province’s two such units was at the North East Kings Education Centre in Canning, N.S., after two cases were recently detected at the school.
Nova Scotia reports 17 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday The unit was there to test close contacts of the two cases at the school in the Annapolis Valley that serves students from Grade 6 and Grade 12.All classes have shifted to online learning for students and officials.