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According to the April 17 update to the Public Health Order, the Chief Medical Health Officer has introduced cohorting to Saskatchewan's COVID-19 response. The intent of cohorting is to minimize exposure to COVID-19 among long-term care and personal care homes and protect our vulnerable residents. As a result, beginning April 28, all staff at Extendicare, SHA and/or affiliate long-term…

A plan to gradually lift restrictions put in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is expected this week, but the province's chief medical health officer says physical distancing will continue indefinitely.  "We should understand that until such time that there is an effective vaccine, or treatment, or until such time that most of us have some level of immunity, we…

Provincial and Indigenous health officials in northern Saskatchewan are investigating COVID-19 cases they say are linked to travel to Alberta. A statement from the Saskatchewan Health Authority says it and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority have begun a contact tracing investigation into new cases of the novel coronavirus in the province's north that are linked to cross-boundary…

Saskatchewan has now had 315 cases of COVID-19 recorded in the province as health officials recorded two more cases on Sunday.  Of the province's 315 cases, only one is still listed as presumptive, while the number of people recovered in the province remains at 234. A number of measures have been put into place in communities in Saskatchewan's north to protect against an…

REGINA -- Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer says staff and residents have tested positive for COVID-19 at care homes in Regina and in northern Saskatchewan. Dr. Saqib Shahab said Friday that two staff members at an Eden Care facility in Regina have tested positive for the virus. Three residents with symptoms are also under investigation. Shahab also said a staff member at a…