A 35-year-old Halifax man has been ticketed $1,000 for failing to provide safe social distancing to others at a bus shelter.

Halifax Regional Police say the ticket was issued at around 5:45 on Wednesday at the bus shelter on Duke Street.

Police say the man was ticketed for failing to comply with regulations under the Health Protection Act.

This is the first ticket Halifax Regional Police have issued in relation to social distancing since the province declared a state of emergency on March 22.

They have issued six others in relation to people being in prohibited areas.

On Monday, police handed a 57-year-old man a ticket after he was spotted at Shubie Park in Dartmouth.

The day before, Halifax Regional Police seized a 44-year-old woman’s vehicle and ticketed her for attending Point Pleasant Park.

HRP are reminding residents to educate themselves on the restrictions under the act and to be mindful of the “unprecedented COVID-19 crisis we are facing as a community.”

Police say they will be releasing updates each Monday and Friday to the public and media in relation to violations under the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Act and Health Protection Act related to COVID-19.