Posted: May 04, 2021 11:57 AM AT | Last Updated: May 4 Students in many parts of Canada have been learning from home.(Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada) Students doing at-home online learning in Nova Scotia might want to make sure they have an extra-comfortable chair. The province's chief medical officer of health says even if recent lockdown measures in Nova Scotia begin to stem the tide of COVID-19 cases, there will not be a return to in-person learning in the immediate future. "I certainly don't see schools opening in the next week or the week after," Dr. Robert Strang said during Monday's COVID-19 news conference. Dr. Robert Strang says he doesn't see students and teachers returning to classrooms for at least a couple of weeks.(Communications Nova Scotia)