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Article content Albertans who can’t wear a mask for medical reasons will now need a doctor’s note to prove it. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said at a Thursday COVID-19 update Albertans who can’t follow the province’s mandatory mask rules for specific health reasons will need to get a note from a health professional like a doctor, nurse practitioner, physician or psychologist, effective immediately. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-19: Doctor's note now needed for mask exemptions in Alberta to close 'loopholes'...

Article content Alberta reported another 1,799 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday amid a recent a spike in people hospitalized for the disease and climbing ICU admissions. Hospitalizations and ICU admissions have nearly doubled over the last month, rising by around 88 per cent each from April 12, provincial data shows. On Wednesday, they climbed to 737 including 169 in intensive care, a rise of 32 and six, respectively, from Tuesday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-19: Alberta's hospitalizations and ICU admissions up 88 per cent from mid-Ap...

Chief medical officer of health COVID-19 update – May 11, 2021 Alberta’s chief medical officer of health and officials provide an update on COVID-19 and the ongoing work to protect public health. Some parts of this page will not display. JavaScript is not available in this browser or may be turned off. Check against delivery. Thank you, Premier, and good afternoon everyone. Before I get to today’s update, I want to provide a note on the change that we are making to how AstraZeneca is used in Alberta. More than 255,000 doses of AstraZeneca has been administered in the province, which mea...

Chief medical officer of health COVID-19 update – May 3, 2021 Alberta’s chief medical officer of health and officials provide an update on COVID-19 and the ongoing work to protect public health. Some parts of this page will not display. JavaScript is not available in this browser or may be turned off. Check against delivery. Thank you, Premier, and good afternoon everyone. Over the last 24 hours, we have identified 2,012 new cases of COVID-19, and completed about 15,000 tests.   Our positivity rate currently stands at 13.2%. We have identified 1,900 additional cases of variants of concer...

Article content On the cusp of new restrictions, the province has officially identified Strathcona County as a COVID-19 hot spot. On Thursday, Alberta announced new targeted public health restrictions — which include moving Grade 7-12 classes to online learning as of Monday and ceasing indoor recreation and fitness — for municipalities or regions that surpass 350 cases per 100,000 people and at least 250 active cases. That announcement highlighted Strathcona County, Edmonton, Calgary, Grande Prairie, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Airdrie, and Fort McMurray. We apologize, but this video has failed...