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As COVID-19 case numbers continue to rise in Saskatchewan, an internal health authority memo reveals concerns about rising hospital bed occupancy and testing centres being at maximum capacity, among other "emerging issues."   The number of new cases has spiked dramatically in Saskatchewan in the past two weeks, setting new records for the new cases reported in a day.…

The Saskatchewan NDP is warning that hospitals are unprepared for an expected rise in COVID-19 admissions as they already grapple with increased bed occupancy. On Tuesday, the NDP cited a Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) Daily Rounds memo from the previous day. The document warned that “bed occupancy continues to increase across the province with a concentration in Saskatoon.”It…

A public health doctor is warning that Saskatchewan’s leaders aren’t taking the latest surge in COVID-19 cases seriously enough, and have only a short window to get it under control. “The reality is that if you don’t take the right measures, the biology, the science of how the infectious disease spreads will catch up to you in two or three weeks time, and the government…

Recently, the city of Calgary made it mandatory for all residents to wear masks when outside of their house. This comes just after the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses requested the government of Saskatchewan do the same thing to help slow the spread of COVID 19. Mayor Fraser Tolmie addressed the issue, saying that right now there is no talk of making masks mandatory in Moose Jaw, but he's…

Canadian trials have just begun for a prospective coronavirus vaccine, but its Quebec-based manufacturer is already downplaying its potential impact. Dr. Bruce Clark, president and CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Medicago, cautioned observers against holding unrealistic expectations that his product — or any of the numerous vaccines in development globally — will bring…