Nova Scotia’s borders close to non-essential travel due to surge of COVID-19 cases New border measures came into effect this morning, barring all non-essential travel into the province and requiring rotational workers returning home from outbreak zones to self-isolate for 14 days.In a release Monday, the province said it is still working through a backlog of positive cases that need to be contacted and entered into Panorama, its data entry system.When possible, Public Health is notifying confirmed COVID-19 cases and close contacts by text message.As of Sunday, 366,089 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, including 37,699 second doses.In a release Monday, Nova Scotia’s health authority said as of 12 p.m., there are currently.