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Dec 11, 2020 4:37 PM
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has issued an advisory for northern Saskatchewan residents to avoid non-essential travel outside the north.
In a release, the SHA says the Office of the Northern Medical Health Officers for the SHA, the Athabasca Health Authority and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority are advising all northern residents to avoid travel outside the communities unless it’s for essential services.
The SHA says this strong recommendation has been prompted by increasing COVID-19 case numbers in the north, many of which are linked to travel outside of the north to areas in the south and to other provinces.
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Federal Minister of Health Patty Hajdu says an allotment of COVID-19 vaccines will be bound for First Nations reserves.
However, Hajdu said similar allotments will not be made for other Indigenous people living off reserve, including Métis people, arguing they fall into provincial jurisdiction.
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She and Minister for Indigenous Services Marc Miller urged provinces to take an “equitable” approach in providing access to those vaccines.
“In urban areas … we need the partnership with the province, and that’s a hand that I extend to all premiers,” Miller said.
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· Against all non-essential travel outside the Northern Saskatchewan Administrative District effective immediately and until further notice. · That travel between communities within the Northern Saskatchewan Administrative District be limited to only that for essential services, effective immediately and until further notice. Examples of essential services can be found on the Critical Public Services list available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This advisory is an evidence-based recommendation by the regional Medical Health Officers, and not a restriction under the current Chief Medical Health Officer’s Provincial Public Health Order.