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It’s time for another provincewide televised address from Premier Scott Moe on the COVID-19 pandemic … if for no other reason than to remind Moe, himself, that we are all still in a pandemic and that it is the good people of Saskatchewan to whom he should be speaking.
Of late, the Saskatchewan premier seems far, far more interested in talking to like-minded politicians and lobby groups from elsewhere.
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On the last day in which he publicly addressed the province in an afternoon provincewide COVID-19 press conference, Moe appeared preoccupied by his Zoom meeting earlier that day with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) in which he bizarrely hinted large industrial employees could be prioritized for vaccinations. This confusing tidbit, the Saskatchewan premier later explained, was j
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The source of a COVID-19 variant outbreak in the town of Maple Creek has been classified as a “recreational party in the community.”
The Saskatchewan Health Authority issued an alert Wednesday about an increased risk of COVID-19 variants of concern spread in six communities throughout southwestern Saskatchewan, including Maple Creek.
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On Thursday, the SHA added the town of Outlook to the six previously announced communities: Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Maple Creek, Kindersley, Rosetown and Davidson.
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Moose Jaw Fire Department. (file photo)
The province has announced that mobile immunization units will soon be deployed to focus vaccination efforts on first responders and public health workers across the province.
Mobile immunization units are currently providing vaccines to group homes and shelter residents and staff but will be moving on once finished to vaccinate police officers, firefighters and public health workers dispatched to workplace settings.
Paramedics were already prioritized for vaccination during Phase One of the vaccine delivery plan. As we continue to make great progress in our vaccine delivery, we are able to utilize our mobile vaccination unit capacity to target those first responders that are assisting in enforcement of our public health orders, said Health Minister Paul Merriman, in a press release.
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Health Minister Paul Merriman speaks to media in Regina. File photo.
On Tuesday, the provincial government changed Saskatchewan’s Public Health Orders to limit all household bubbles to immediate households, and cap worship gathering sizes at no more than 30 people.
According to Health Minister Paul Merriman, the decision was made because the level of transmission of COVID-19 remains too high in the province.
“We had hoped to avoid reinstating these restrictions but it is something that we need to do for just a few more weeks until we can get some more people vaccinated,” Merriman said during a press conference on Tuesday.