Provincial chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says recent data that has crossed his desk show just how effective the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine has been. Shahab says that data which goes back to those getting their first dose up to and including April 17 shows only 263 people have come down with […]
Members of both the Saskatchewan Party and Saskatchewan NDP are pushing residents to get vaccinated with their second COVID-19 vaccination dose when their time comes. Health Minister Paul Merriman stressed Tuesday post-question-period that it is important for residents who already have their first dose to be aware of when they become eligible for their second. […]
Nothing has been made official, but there is thought the province could deliver Pfizer as the second vaccine dose for the 65,000 or so Saskatchewan people who received AstraZeneca as tehir first dose. It comes down to supply with Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone saying AstraZeneca is no longer being offered as the […]
Saskatchewan’s health minister is optimistic about the province’s latest COVID-19 numbers as they hope to reach the first step of the government’s Re-opening Roadmap on May 30. Step One of the plan requires three weeks to have passed since 70 per cent of people age 40 and up received their first dose of a COVID-19 […]
Almost 505,000 Saskatchewan residents have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot. The information comes out in the Saturday update from the government after 13,000 more doses were delivered on Friday. The news also comes at the same time as we hear about 269 new cases. The new cases are located in the following […]
Saskatchewan residents 85 and older or those who received their first dose before Feb. 15 will be able to book their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine starting May 17. Second shots will be distributed according to the age-based and priority sequencing of first doses. Priority for second doses will also be given to those […]
More details are set to be announced Thursday in Saskatchewan regarding the provincial government’s plan for second doses and vaccinating teenagers. Premier Scott Moe hinted at the news on Wednesday following question period after news of Health Canada approved the Pfizer vaccine for youth ages 12 to 15. With that particular vaccine now approved for […]
The NDP is pushing the Saskatchewan government to expand the list of workers receiving priority for early vaccination against the coronavirus. Opposition education critic Carla Beck wants all early childhood and daycare workers on the vaccine priority list. She says these essential workers should be on the list immediately. Education minister Dustin Duncan says the […]
Four more people in Saskatchewan have died as a result of COVID-19 bringing the provincial total to 487. Friday’s update from the government shows the four were someone in their 40’s from the Regina zone, a person in their 60’s from the far Northeast, one in their 60’s from residence pending and a person in […]
Four more people in Saskatchewan have died as a result of COVID-19 bringing the provincial death count to 486. The province says three of the four deaths were in the Saskatoon zone and were people in their 40’s, 50’s and 70’s with the fourth person being someone in their 70’s from the Regina zone. There […]
