Coronavirus (COVID-19) Provincial News

Saskatchewan rushing to book vaccines for children

Saskatchewan Health Authority saysd the province is prepared to begin distributing youth vaccinations as soon as doses are delivered by federal providers

Sask. public health is ready to roll on a youth vaccination plan, provided Health Canada approval for Pfizer comes through this week.

The research team found shared key beliefs among the vaccine hesitant and refusing: that the pandemic is not a big threat to their community, nor to their own health, and that the possibility of spreading the virus to others was not concerning

Sask. public health inspectors have issued ten fines for COVID violations last week.

Saskatchewan has received a limited amount of one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines for residents who have yet to be immunized.

Saskatchewan hospitals will now be able to enforce safe zones against protests, due to new legislation amendments approved today.

Sask. has less than 100 new cases today for the first time since September, including cases identified as a new Western subtype of the Delta variant.

CBSA warns travellers may experience delays at ports of entry due to the public health measures as the CBSA will not compromise health and safety for the sake of border wait times

Some SHA staff will be returning to regular duties by the end of this month, as officials start reversing COVID-19 surge redeployments.