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the provincial government cut back on contact tracing staff over the summer months when cases were low and saskatchewan ended its state of emergency. now, as the fourth wave ravages the province, health care workers are once again being redeployed to do contact tracing — including staff in pediatric therapies and treatments, resulting in cancelled children’s therapies and surgeries.
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marlo pritchard, president of the saskatchewan public safety agency, wh ich is now leading the province’s pandemic emergency management response , told reporters the provincial emergency operations centre is going to contribute resources to help with contact tracing in the hopes of freeing up some sha staff currently in those roles.
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