The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) announced that masking would no longer be required for patients, residents, staff, or visitors at its facilities. Masking will now be optional in all SHA facilities, including administrative offices, hospitals, clinics and long-term care facilities. The province’s Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, supports the changes. As per SHA […]
The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has increased in the most recent reporting period, from 202 one week to 237 in the next week, according to numbers from the province. The bi-weekly Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program (CRISP) report indicated a higher number of cases, with 439 in the most recent two week […]
Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces were caught off guard by a request for help from Saskatchewan during the height of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show employees in the federal departments were surprised when Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman sent a letter in […]
There were 678 cases of COVID-19 reported in the last two weeks in the province’s Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program situation report. In the heath authority’s bi-weekly report about COVID-19, influenza and RSV, test positivity is down to 5.4 per cent in the week from Jan. 8-14 from 6.9 in the first week from Jan. […]
Canada and Australia have joined a growing list of countries requiring travellers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to boarding their flight as China battles a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that were in place for much of the pandemic. Australian health authorities said Sunday that from January 5, […]
The province released it’s Community Respiratory Illness report yesterday. For the period between December 4th and 17th 803 new cases of COVID 19 were reported. Additionally 668 cases of Influenza were reported, with 232 RSV cases being found. On average for the 2 week period 13.6% of students were absent from school due to illness. […]
The province released it’s bi-weekly CRISP report, looking at Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance from the weeks of November 20 to December 3rd. There were 41 Covid-related deaths in the reporting period, with one death in the 20-59 age group and the remaining 40 in the 60 and over age group. In the previous reporting period, […]
Statistics Canada says there were 2.8 million fewer commuters in 2021 than in 2016. In a new census release, the federal agency says COVID-19 altered commuting patterns for Canadian workers with fewer people driving, taking transit, or walking and bicycling in 2021 compared to five years before. By May 2022, the number of car commuters […]
A Saskatchewan judge has upheld the province’s public health orders that required restaurants to track patrons during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it did not violate the charter rights of people going to get food at a restaurant linked to a significant outbreak. Shorebird Investment Ltd, which operates a hotel and restaurant in Tobin Lake, […]
Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer is not recommending masks as the province deals with a trifecta of respiratory viruses. Dr. Saqib Shahab said coughs and colds are returning after a two-year hiatus and that people can expect to get sick two to four times a year. “Ultimately, it’s your personal choice to wear a mask,” […]
