One Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. This death was reported in the 80+ age group from the Regina zone. There are 178 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 31,637 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North West (1), Far North East (1), North […]
Saskatchewan has announced people will get paid time off from work to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination. The province says it has amended its occupational health and safety regulations to allow an employee to get a special leave from their job to get inoculated. The change takes effect immediately, and means an […]
After a week where new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan were below the 200 mark, Friday’s report shows 207 new cases to go along with 125 recoveries and two deaths. The two deaths were a person in their 60’s from the Regina zone and a person over the age of 80 from the Saskatoon zone. This […]
All adult residents in Saskatchewan will have access to their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by June, according to a statement by the provincial government on Thursday. The government has also announced that second doses for Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines will be given after four months of receiving the first dose following an […]
The province’s chief medical health officer says we are in a “race against time” when it comes to COVID-19 variants that are starting to show up in Saskatchewan However, Dr. Saqib Shahab says it has been proven elsewhere that vaccinations are working when it comes to COVID and the variants that have sprung up. “We […]
The provincial government has announced that 81 per cent of residents in long-term care homes across Saskatchewan have now received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 43 per cent have received both doses and are now fully vaccinated. “Our health care workers are doing an excellent job of administering vaccines quickly, safely and efficiently in […]
Canada is poised to receive a record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to scheduled deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, as the country looks to speed up its vaccination efforts. The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects more than 640,000 shots from the pharmaceutical giants this week, which would represent the […]
New federal forecasts project that COVID-19 variants could fuel a potential third wave that would eclipse its predecessors if Canada doesn’t double down on the strict protocols that have reduced infections. The Public Health Agency of Canada released modelling Friday suggesting that while infections continue to decline nationally, the spread of virus mutations threatens to […]
With large amounts of COVID-19 vaccine expected in Saskatchewan over the next few weeks, the province is getting ready. Premier Scott Moe and Health Minister Paul Merriman were at the International Trade Centre in Regina on Thursday afternoon for a tour of what will be a mass immunization clinic which is expected to begin operation […]
The vast majority of Canadians blame Ottawa rather than provincial governments for delays in COVID-19 vaccine delivery, a new poll suggests. Sixty-nine per cent of respondents believe Canada is behind on deliveries due to federal challenges obtaining doses on the global market, according to an online survey by Léger and the Association for Canadian Studies. […]
