Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and the province’s chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab provided an update on the province’s COVID-19 ongoing response on Thursday.
Moe announced an expansion of the testing criteria throughout the province as more businesses start to reopen, saying this will lead to an increase in overall testing numbers as a result.
Shahab said the broadened criteria will pay careful attention to those who are caregivers to people with compromised immune systems, the homeless and vulnerable populations.
B.C. Premier John Horgan announced Wednesday the renewal of a provincial state of emergency as the province continues its efforts to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Horgan said the state of emergency would remain in place âfor the foreseeable future.â
The B.C. government also announced it would use a funding windfall of $120 million from the federal government to âdecommission, reclaim or restoreâ more than 2,000 inactive or orphaned wells within British Columbia.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an investment of $1.7 billion to clean up orphan wells in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan in April to help keep people working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Albertaâs chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Premier Jason Kenney provided an update on Wednesday on the provinceâs ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19.
Kenney announced that the province would be entering Phase 1 of their relaunch strategy starting Thursday.
In all areas of the province, with the exception of Calgary and Brooks, retail businesses, hairstyling and barber shops, museums and art galleries, dental procedures, day camps and day cares will be allowed to reopen as of May 14 with limits on occupancies. Places of worship and funeral services would also be able to reopen under “strict guidelines.” Restaurants would be required to have seating at 50 per cent capacity.
British Columbia’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix gave an update on the latest COVID-19 cases in the province on Wednesday, and discussed the provincial government’s ongoing response to the pandemic.
British Columbia has reported one new death from COVID-19 and 16 new cases of the virus. Henry said more than 78 per cent of B.C.âs 2,376 COVID-19 cases had fully recovered. The provinceâs death toll from the pandemic now stands at 132.
The number of people in hospital had fallen by four to 59 patients, she said. Just 14 of those remain in intensive care.
New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell and Premier Blaine Higgs held a COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday to provide an update on the province’s ongoing response.
During the briefing, Russell said that there were still no new cases for a seventh day straight, a week after the province reported its last new case. Of the 120 cases in the province, two remain active.
Russell also said she was happy to see people wearing a mask in public, but cautioned that it should not be used as a replacement for physical distancing. She advised that as the province continues to slowly reopen, people should remember to wear face coverings when in places where proper physical distancing may not be possible, but advised not to wear them all the time or an extended period.
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced Wednesday that the provincial government had reached an agreement with school boards and unions to allow for the âvoluntaryâ redeployment of education workers to facilities struggling during the novel coronavirus pandemic, including long-term care homes, hospitals and shelters.
Lecce made the announcement Wednesday, during a daily briefing alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott.
Ford also addressed questions regarding Stage 1 of the province’s relaunch strategy, which he has said will be unveiled on Thursday.
Alberta reported 45 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and 1 new death, bringing the death toll in the province to 118.
The provinceâs chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw said during a daily briefing about Albertaâs response to the pandemic that 4,866 people have recovered. There are currently 1,361 active cases.
Hinshaw said 73 cases have resulted in hospitalization and 12 people are in intensive care.
She also addressed questions about the provinceâs relaunch strategy, and said a decision about whether the province would push forward with Stage 1 of the relaunch on Thursday would be made during a meeting of the emergency management cabinet committee. A decision on that front would be announced on Wednesday.
British Columbia’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided an update on the latest COVID-19 cases in the province and discussed the government’s ongoing response to the pandemic on Tuesday.
Health officials reported only seven new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., which is the lowest daily number since the province asked that gatherings of more than 250 people be cancelled in a bid to slow the transmission of the coronavirus.
There are now 2,360 confirmed cases of he disease in the province. Of those, 1,832 cases have fully recovered. The province also announced one new death, at a long-term care facility in the Fraser Valley, bringing B.C.âs COVID-19 death toll to 131.
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British Columbia reported one new death from COVID-19 over the weekend and 23 additional cases, bringing the total to 2,353.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix confirmed the latest numbers on Monday and spoke about efforts to slowly start reopening the economy.
Dr. Henry asked for patience as the province moves toward easing physical distancing requirements after the May long weekend, comparing B.C.âs reopening plan to a âsteady streamâ that is âfar more successful than a rushing river that can damage things in its place.â
Boris Johnson has set out his “conditional plan” to ease the coronavirus lockdown, lifting restrictions on exercise and work.
In a pre-recorded address to the nation, the Prime Minister said the government wants to “encourage people to take more and even unlimited amounts of outdoor exercise” – provided they stick to social distancing guidelines and stay two metres apart.
And in a bid to kickstart the economy, Mr Johnson said anyone who cannot work from home – such as those in construction and manufacturing – should be “actively encouraged” to go to work from Monday.
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Ontarioâs chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams provided an update Friday on the latest COVID-19 cases in the province and discussed the public health agency’s ongoing response to the pandemic.
Ontario reported 477 new cases of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 19,598 cases. The death toll has risen to 1,540, as 63 more deaths were reported. Meanwhile, 13,990 people have recovered from COVID-19, which is 71.4 per cent of cases.
During a provincial update on Friday, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw confirmed that an inmate at the Calgary Remand Centre has tested positive for COVID-19, saying that âthis is someone newly admitted who was exposed before they arrived.”
She said it marks the first confirmed COVID-19 case at a correctional facility in Alberta.
Hinshaw also said she would be shifting the way she presents the provinceâs daily COVID-19 numbers, stating that a key measure health officials are watching ahead of Albertaâs relaunch strategy is hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and the provinceâs chief medical officer Dr. Saqib Shahab announced the latest COVID-19 numbers on Friday and provided an update on the provinceâs response to the virus.
The number of new coronavirus cases in Saskatchewanâs far north continues to rise, with 12 of the 13 new cases reported in the province on Friday located in La Loche and surrounding areas.
An outbreak was declared in the La Loche area on April 17.
The far north, which as 148 cases, accounts for nearly three-quarters of the 203 active cases in the province.
British Columbia’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix provided an update on the latest COVID-19 cases in the province and discussed the government’s ongoing response to the pandemic on Thursday.
Dr. Henry reported 33 new COVID-19 cases in the province, as well as two new deaths. Both individuals were in long term care homes.
The provinceâs death toll is now at 126, with a total of 2,288 confirmed cases. About 66 per cent of those patients have fully recovered.
Manitoba’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Brent Roussin reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The two new cases are related to a cluster of cases in the Prairie Mountain Health Region, which now totals seven.
Roussin said the workplace is not related to health care or food supply, and does not interact greatly with the general public.
The total number of cases in the province stands at 284, as of Wednesday.
Dr. Roussin also reported five hospitalizations from COVID-19, with none of them in ICU, and 242 recoveries.
On Wednesday British Columbia Premier John Horgan along with provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix announced how the province will begin to reopen the economy starting in mid-May.
Among those businesses slated to reopen in mid-May are certain health services, retail outlets, restaurants, salons and museums.
Hotels, resorts and parks could begin reopening in June while some entertainment venues would be slated for reopening in July. However, large concerts would not be included in this.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that the world must work hard to prepare for the next pandemic while responding to the current COVID-19 crisis, adding that itâs an opportunity to build resilient health systems around the world which can withstand any potential future pandemics.
Dr. Tedros said that WHO, UNICEF and the International Federation of the Red Cross have published a guide for countries on how to maintain community-based healthcare systems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provided an update on the most recent numbers of COVID-19 in the province on Tuesday and discussed the government’s ongoing response to the pandemic. The province’s Health Minister Tyler Shandro was also present during the briefing.
It was announced that Alberta will be receiving a $1.7-million donation from the Calgary Health Trust, which would help boost the provinceâs COVID-19 testing capacity to more than 16,000 tests a day by June.
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Quebec Premier François Legault announced the loosening of some coronavirus-related measures on Tuesday by allowing healthy seniors in private residences to go for walks outside without supervision, and to be able to see their loved ones at a safe distance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
These new measures are aimed to lessen psychological distress from the pandemic and the ability for seniors to regain their independence, Legault said.
The premier also said that the provincial health-care system is missing 11,200 workers. He said they are absent either because they are sick, vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 or scared to go to work.
After more than two weeks without any increase, New Brunswick has another confirmed case of COVID-19.
New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19 Tuesday, the first new case in more than two weeks.
There have now been 119 positive cases in the province, and 118 of them have recovered.
Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, says the latest case involves a person aged 30-39 in the Fredericton region.
It’s not known yet if the latest case is travel-related or community transmission.
