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The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) has received another federal investment in the battle against COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday that VIDO-InterVac will receive $23 million in an effort to fast-track the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. “This major federal…

It won’t be “business as usual” when dental hygienists return to work. Dental offices are permitted to reopen on May 4, being part of the provincial government’s Re-Open Saskatchewan first phase. “The resuming of dental hygiene services will not look the same way that they maybe once did,” Shelby Hamm, deputy registrar of the Saskatchewan Dental…

SASKATOON -- The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses is raising concerns about the potential impact of the province’s plan to re-open the economy. Tracy Zambory, the union's president, said she hopes people will continue practicing physical distancing and handwashing as businesses re-open. “We just worry when we start this conversation, we’re going to get far too comfortable and…

Another community in Saskatchewan's northwest is reporting positive cases of COVID-19.  A news release issued by the English River First Nation, located about 100 kilometres north of Beauval, said four positive cases were confirmed on Monday night.  It was not immediately clear if the four cases were included in the province's Tuesday update, which said there were four new…

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…