The order will take effect at noon Sunday, July 12 and extend to noon Sunday, July 26, unless government terminates or extends it.

Premier Stephen McNeil and chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang are scheduled to hold the COVID-19 briefing in Halifax at noon on Thursday.

The QEII Health Sciences Centre's microbiology lab completed 475 Nova Scotia tests on Tuesday. 

Under the exemption, the trio were allowed to travel to the United States for work.

The NSHA says Air Canada flight AC 626 departed from Toronto at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, June 26 and landed at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport at 11:17 p.m.

Morrison said today there were no new cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I.

The last new case of COVID-19 in the province was identified on Thursday.

To date, Nova Scotia has 54,685 negative test results, 1,064 positive COVID-19 cases and 63 deaths.

The premier made the comments today as the four Atlantic provinces lifted travel restrictions for residents to reflect the region's relatively low and stable COVID-19 infection rates.

A guide to where rules differ between the four Atlantic provinces.