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Posted: Feb 09, 2021 1:24 PM CT | Last Updated: February 9
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili says the provincial government should have adopted his party s pitch of three-week shutdown in November when cases were on the rise. Meili since there have been 10 times the number of deaths related to COVID-19.(Michael Bell/The Canadian Press)
The arrival of the COVID-19 variant in Saskatchewan paired with record high hospitalization numbers is causing concern for the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses.
The first two variant infections, also believed to be contained, were reported Tuesday in the Regina area. We need to be … much more vigilant and much more transparent on . figuring out if we have the variants, where they are, and how people should protect themselves, said Tracy Zambory, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses.
She pointed to Alberta where the chief medical health officer has said close contacts of anyone testing positive for a variant could have to isolate for up to 24 days.
Zambory noted there are conversations happening in Canada and beyond about whether people need to wear two masks to protect against spreading the new strains.
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