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The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) says the provincial government is dragging its feet on declaring a COVID-19 outbreak at the Pasqua Hospital after a patient at the facility tested positive for the virus earlier this week. On Thursday, when the case was announced, SUN president Tracy Zambory called on the province to declare the case an outbreak, saying the patient came in close…

The president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses doesn’t understand why Regina’s Pasqua Hospital is being treated differently than Prince Albert’s Victoria Hospital. Tracy Zambory said Friday on Saskatchewan Afternoon that an outbreak should have been declared after a patient tested positive for COVID-19 at the Pasqua, just as an outbreak had been declared at the P.A. facility…

The province says a correctional facility in Regina is being used for people who have tested positive for COVID-19. The White Birch Remand Centre is currently housing three people with the coronavirus who refused to follow public health orders to self-isolate. "It's for those individuals that that failed to comply with the local conditions and are a danger to the…

REGINA -- Public health is investigating a COVID-19 case at Regina’s Pasqua Hospital, according to Dr. Saqib Shahab. The province’s chief medical health officer made a public service announcement about the hospital in Thursday’s daily update. However, he said it’s not considered an outbreak at this time. “There’s no evidence of any transmission,”…

REGINA — A Saskatchewan mayor says he was left shocked after his community was given less than 48-hours notice that their emergency room would be temporarily closing as part of response planning for the COVID-19 pandemic. Tyler Alexander said he was told Tuesday morning that emergency services would be suspended Thursday at the hospital in Davidson, a town of about 1,000 people halfway…