A COVID-19 outbreak at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert has been announced after a patient that’s been at the facility since April 21st tested positive for the virus. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says there’s no evidence of transmission within the facility at this time, but the patient tested negative before entering the facility for […]
New data is being released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority showing the province is in a significantly better position to manage COVID-19 as a result of the interventions taken to date to slow the spread of the virus. New Saskatchewan specific information shows Saskatchewan’s Basic Reproductive Number for the virus as 3.12. This means the […]
A former deputy medical health officer in Saskatchewan believes the province should more actively test for COVID-19 as it prepares to lift restrictions on public interaction. Dr. Anne Huang worked for both the Saskatchewan Health Authority and Health Canada and says the government’s overall plan for reopening retail shops and personal-care services next month provides […]
A civilian employee at the La Loche RCMP detachment has tested positive for COVID-19. The diagnosis was made official Thursday after the member went for a test on Monday. The employee will continue following direction from the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Two other civilian members and four officers have been ordered to self-isolate while they wait […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has increase requirements surrounding masks and screening for COVID-19 in all health care facilities across the province. On Wednesday, staff, physicians, learners, trainees, vendors and contractors will be screened daily as they enter any SHA facility or program area to ensure they do not have any influenza like illness. As an […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is partnering with VIDO-InterVac on the University of Saskatchewan campus to safely decontaminate and reuse the N95 respiratory masks, which are usually thrown away after being used. Director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization – International Vaccine Centre, Dr. Volker Gerdts, hopes this will help mitigate a shortage of supply. […]
“I wake up each and every morning waiting for the latest numbers to come in just praying that there isn’t a death today.” That is what Premier Scott Moe said Wednesday afternoon as he spoke about the projections released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority on how COVID19 could impact Saskatchewan when it comes to deaths […]
A range of “what-if” scenarios are being released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority when it comes to what COVID-19 numbers could look like in the province. The SHA says cases could vary from 153,000 to 408,000 meaning almost a third of the population could come down with the virus. This depends on how quickly the […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is receiving a large donation of respirators that have been waiting for over a decade. Harvard Developments Inc. announced this week they are giving 2,880 N95 respirators after the SHA approved their stockpile. The stockpiles were recently sanctioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The masks were initially […]
In an effort to help ease the minds of everyone at the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is suspending all parking fees for patients, employees, and physicians, effective immediately The SHA is urging people follow the signs to make sure they are parking in the right spot. People visiting hospitals for […]
