Newfoundland and Labrador has officially moved into Alert Level 3, and the first day of further relaxed public health measures is bringing with it a myriad of changes as many businesses re-open and more people return to work.
The changes arrived Monday, after the province marked a weekend with no new cases of COVID-19, extending the absence of a positive test to a 10-day streak.
Retailers and services that have been closed for weeks are now welcoming people back into their spaces, although health and safety procedures governing everything from getting a manicure to mall shopping mean increased sanitation is top of mind.
Public servants, the bulk of whom have been working from home since mid-March, are trickling back into offices across the province.
While no exact returning employee numbers have been given to the union that represents the bulk of those workers, the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE) says buildings will be operating at a staffing level of about 20 per cent.
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