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Saskatchewan health officials were warning about “extremely limited” inventories of personal protective equipment (PPE) in mid-March, just days before Premier Scott Moe said he was unaware of any shortages. Moe made similar statements about testing supplies soon after a Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) memo about a “swab shortage” that cut off shipments to urban…

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to delays and reductions in tests for other types of infections, including sexually transmitted infections, but provincial labs are now returning to their normal offerings.  As of Monday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is resuming all its clinical microbiology services in the province.  "Clinical microbiology is that branch of pathology and lab…

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way people go about everyday life. People may have noticed empty store shelves and people loading up on select items, buying in bulk. Saskatchewan Health Authority and Saskatoon Inter-Agency Response to COVID-19 member Chelsea Belt says there seems to be less of that happening now. “I think we didn’t see the surges like we did in…

Residents in Saskatoon gathered today to speak out against COVID-19-related racism. The event was organized by the city's Chinese community after a 15-year-old boy suffered an alleged racist attack in May. The boy was out for a bike ride when a man allegedly started yelling at him, accusing him of spreading the virus, and threw him to the ground. The boy managed to capture a short video of…

Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer has ruled out restrictions like those that were in place earlier this year in the event a second wave of COVID-19 hits the province.  In an interview with CBC News, Dr. Saqib Shahab said through late March and early April, he felt a sense of relief because Saskatchewan's residents went above and beyond what he expected…