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More than 1,000 Nova Scotia employees on unpaid leave after vaccine mandate deadline

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HALIFAX -

Officials in Nova Scotia say more than 1,000 public sector workers are now on unpaid leave after failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the government's Nov. 30 deadline.

The province announced today that 963 of the 70,537 workers in frontline health care, continuing care, education and corrections are on unpaid leave because they failed to report their vaccination status or they remain unvaccinated.

The figure for the civil service is 93 out of a total of 10,434 employees, meaning 1,056 provincial workers in total are now on leave.

In the health sector, the Nova Scotia Health Authority, which oversees most of the province's hospitals, has lost 323 workers, the IWK Health Centre in Halifax has lost 29 and long-term care facilities have seen a combined 179 employees placed on leave.

Meanwhile, officials reported 20 new cases of COVID-19 and 34 recoveries.

The province now has 199 active confirmed cases of the disease, including 13 people in hospital and five in intensive care.

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