For the first time since March 26, Saskatchewan is below 100 active cases of COVID-19.

While that news is promising and shows people in the province are doing what has been asked of them to limit the spread of the virus, there is a fear among the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses that a gradual re-opening of the province is the wrong move to make at this time.

Union President Tracy Zambory said that type of talk by Premier Moe needs to be curtailed.

“The Premier is talking about starting to look at a plan to re-open, people start to get loose on what it is that they think they should be doing and we’re just fearful that could send us down the wrong pathway,” Zambory said.

The state of emergency which was declared March 18 was extended by Premier Moe yesterday (Wednesday) for another two weeks.

Zambory said that move was a good one, as rushing into old habits could be catastrophic.

“We’ve only had a very short amount of days where we’ve seen low case numbers and people are recovering,” she said. “We are staring to see in other parts of the world where COVID-19 started that they’re starting to see a second wave,” Zambory added.

Zambory feels even if a re-opening is done slowly, it puts her members in a very precarious position.