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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…

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…