Posted: May 26, 2021 5:58 AM CT | Last Updated: May 26
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe receives a adhesive bandage after his dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination drive-thru clinic at Evraz Place in Regina on Thursday, April 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor(The Canadian Press)
Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
It is official: the second phase of Saskatchewan’s Re-Opening Roadmap begins on June 20.
The province hit the vaccination threshold of 70 per cent of people aged 30 or older Monday.
That means that the second step is cleared to begin three weeks after the first, which is scheduled to begin May 30.
The announcement means that on June 20, the following restrictions will ease up:
A maximum of 15 people at private indoor gatherings, including household gatherings
A maximum of 150 people at private outdoor gatherings.
Retail and personal care services will have no capacity thresholds, but they must maintain an occupancy that allows for physical distancing.
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Premier Scott Moe has sold his Re-opening Roadmap as a tried-and-true strategy that’s been proven to work.
He has to look elsewhere, since Saskatchewan is the first province in Canada to chart a path to normality as vaccination expands. Moe pointed to countries much further along in their vaccination efforts, noting that Saskatchewan is paring back restrictions along a similar schedule.
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“We base our decisions on what has actually worked in other countries,” Moe said in announcing his plan on Wednesday. “What has worked in the U.K., what is working throughout large portions of the U.S. and what has most certainly worked in Israel.”
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Premier Scott Moe has sold his Re-opening Roadmap as a tried-and-true strategy that’s been proven to work.
He has to look elsewhere, since Saskatchewan is the first province in Canada to chart a path to normality as vaccination expands. Moe pointed to countries much further along in their vaccination efforts, noting that Saskatchewan is paring back restrictions along a similar schedule.
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“We base our decisions on what has actually worked in other countries,” Moe said in announcing his plan on Wednesday. “What has worked in the U.K., what is working throughout large portions of the U.S. and what has most certainly worked in Israel.”
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The Saskatchewan government may ease most COVID-19 public health restrictions as early as mid-July under a three-step “roadmap” to loosening measures, released Tuesday.
Saskatchewan is the first province to release such a plan, which outlines a gradual easing of restrictions based on how many people in given age cohorts have received their first dose of a vaccine.
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There are buffers of at least three weeks between different phases of the plan, which “may be paused to respond to COVID-transmission trends at regional or provincial levels,” and pressures on the province’s hospital system, according to the province.