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Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday, Dec. 21
Alberta reported 1,240 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, along with nine additional deaths from the virus, bringing the total number of people in the province who have died of COVID-19 to 860.
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Posted: Dec 21, 2020 9:06 AM MT | Last Updated: December 22, 2020
A nurse gives the first COVID-19 vaccine in Edmonton, to Sahra Kaahiye in Edmonton on Tuesday, December 15, 2020.(Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
Image Credit: FACEBOOK/Michael J Ballingall December 19, 2020 - 4:14 PM Big White Ski Resort members are suggesting an easy tip for skiers to measure how to safely socially distance from one another. Our team Big White Ski Resort is out to assist with our mandatory mask policy and to show you pictures of how to use your poles so you can stay six feet apart, wrote senior vice president Michael Ballingall, in a Facebook group. Six feet, or roughly two metres, is the distance health officials recommend people stay apart from others not in their household in order to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, since symptoms don t always show up when someone has the disease.
has sparked outrage and two official complaints for allegedly violating the province s COVID-19 public health orders related to mask use in indoor work places.
A public health order issued by Hinshaw on Dec. 8 requires mandatory mask use in all indoor workplaces and facilities outside the home. It applies to all employees and includes any location where employees are present in person. An employee would be exempt if they are working alone in an office, in a safely distanced cubicle or if a barrier is in place.
The original photo shared by Justice Minister Kaycee Madu shows him, Premier Jason Kenney and Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard sitting around a board table without face masks.
Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on Dec. 20
Ontario and Quebec, the two provinces hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, both reported daily case counts of the respiratory illness surpassing 2,000 on Sunday while Nunavut reported its first two COVID-19-related deaths.
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A health-care worker pauses during a lull in visitors at a COVID-19 testing centre in Toronto on Sunday.(Chris Young/The Canadian Press)