The exercise will test shipping, delivery, tracking and storage but not include any doses of the actual vaccine.

Glavine said in a Thursday cabinet meeting he will not be re-offering in the next election and is choosing to retire from politics.

Health officials say that a specific cause of the outbreak has not been identified.

The province's Health Department said Monday it would release more details at an afternoon news conference. No other Atlantic province has so far announced a death linked to the virus.

The report's findings say Parkstone Enhanced Care had clear guidelines on wound care for staff to follow, but there was "evidence that staff were not following those polices and procedures."

The case was confirmed in an individual who recently travelled internationally. 

Catherine Tully made an impassioned plea on the need to overhaul Nova Scotia's privacy legislation during an appearance Wednesday before the legislature's public accounts committee.

The next scheduled meeting of the new health committee is Feb. 12.

Nova Scotia's health minister says he believes there is timely access to abortion services in the province despite calls from advocates to improve access.

Privacy commissioner Catherine Tully found that the Nova Scotia government did not even attempt to search for government records in response to the Global News request.