Alberta now has 10,565 active cases of COVID-19. “We need to build on our collective success by going slowly towards allowing additional activities and not experiencing a rebound if we open to quickly,” she added about potentially easing more COVID-19 restrictions. The province also reporte...
COVID-19 Alberta – Alberta has banned social gatherings provincewide and strengthened public health measures to address the growing number of cases in the province. Calgary and Edmonton are among areas under stronger mandatory restrictions starting on Nov. 27. Restaurants, bars, pubs and loungesin ...
Alberta government confirmed 727 COVID-19 cases Sunday along with six additional virus-deaths. “While new cases are lower than yesterday, 727 cases is still concerning,” Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health, said on Twitter. On Saturday, the government had confirmed 919 new cas...
months of the pandemic, vaccines were unavailable and alternate strategies were used to prevent and manage COVID-19 (e.g., physical distancing, masking, symptom screening, testing, isolating cases). Alberta Health Services worked with local, provincial, and First Nations and Inuit Health Branch ...
McMillan said the province does not have figures on secondary exposure from positive cases. Smith said it’s hard to link the current rise in infections to the Stampede alone. Lifting almost all COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta on July 1, just before the festival, along with spr...
The Alberta government has announced new COVID-19 measures and reinstated some old ones to reduce pressure on the province’s health-care system, including resuming contact tracing in schools. Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a serious threat in the province and cases ...
“We need those who are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or have recently delivered to get both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible,” Williamson wrote in an email. “Vaccines are safe and effective, and they are the best way to protect you and your ...
“We believe aligning municipal bylaws with the provincial approach to public health issues will benefit Albertans by providing certainty and clarity about public health rules related to COVID-19,” McIver said after Bill 4 was introduced in the house. ...
Conor Ruzycki, an aerosol scientist in the University of Alberta’s mechanical engineering department, said Rubino’s innovation adds to more recent research on masks as COVID-19 cases rise and shortages of face coverings in the health-care system could again become a problem. ...
Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says the vast majority of scheduled surgeries are still being done and overflow field units for COVID-19 patients are no longer needed as the latest wave of the pandemic continues to recede. “We firmly believe hospitalizations will continue to trend do...