REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says some of the people urging his government to introduce tougher COVID-19 restrictions are people who have the ability to work from home. Moe told a virtual . . .
A man who contracted COVID-19 in the first days of 2021 says while he’s been labelled as "recovered" by Saskatchewan s Ministry of Health, he’s far from being back at 100 per cent.
Saskatchewan aiming to vaccinate all nursing home workers and residents by end of March The SHA is targeting the end of March for the vaccination of people living and working in all long-term care and personal care homes in the province, a spokesperson for the Saskatchewan Health Authority said.
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A nurse prepares a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in this Jan. 13 file photo. The province administered 1,110 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in Saskatchewan to 32,385.(Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP Photo)
The COVID-19 pandemic has now claimed 250 lives in Saskatchewan.
On Saturday, the province reported 274 new cases of COVID-19, as well as three more deaths from the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
The deaths reported Saturday were a person in their 50s in the north central zone, a person in their 60s in the far northeast zone, and a person in their 80s in the far northwest zone.
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A familiar voice crackled as members of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Southend flicked on their radios earlier this month.
From receivers on kitchen countertops and car radios, PBCN Chief Peter Beatty patiently described receiving a COVID-19 shot as the far north east embarked on a fast-paced vaccination drive. He spoke mostly in Cree, encouraging older band members to get the shot and giving his listeners a dose of reliable information over the airwaves.
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