Nova Scotia's health authority is taking a close look at COVID-19 cases in the Sydney area. Sydney has been labelled an area of concern, but officials stopped short of calling the current uptick in cases community spread. But we are concerned about the early signals we are seeing," Dr. Austin Zygmunt, a regional medical officer of health for the health authority, told CBC's Information Morning Cape Breton. Zygmunt said most cases in the Sydney area have been related to travel or close contacts with other cases. If Sydney's number of cases with unknown origin continue to climb, it could labelled as an area with community spread.

Source: CBC News May 18, 2021 16:50 UTC