saskatchewan to remove all public health orders on july 11
"we are able to make this announcement because so many saskatchewan residents have done their part by getting vaccinated," says the premier.
jun 21 2021
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by: amanda short
the saskatchewan government says that all public health orders — including the mandatory masking order and limits on events and gathering sizes — will be removed as of july 11.
the province announced on the weekend that step 3 of the provincial reopening plan would move ahead as 70 per cent of all residents over the age of 18 and 69 per cent of all residents over the age of 12 have received their first covid-19 vaccine dose.
“we are able to make this announcement because so many saskatchewan residents have done their part by getting vaccinated, so i’d like to say thanks to saskatchewan people,” premier scott moe said in a statement issued on sunday.
“over the past 15 months, saskatchewan residents have diligently followed public health guidelines and restrictions, and over the past months they have followed through by getting vaccinated.”
reopening plan step 2 in effect sunday
saskatchewan loosened more public health measures on sunday, as the second phase of its reopening plan began. new measures include raising the limit on private indoor gatherings from 10 to 15 people.
as many as 150 people will be able to gather for public indoor gatherings, at places like community halls or funeral homes. those venues will still have to enforce rules like social distancing and mask wear as required.
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the outdoor gathering limit for both private and public events, as well as movie theatres, art galleries and libraries increases to 150. casinos and bingo halls can reopen, with an 150-person capacity as long as physical distancing can be maintained.
the limit on people at a single table in restaurants and bars will lift, although such establishments will still be required to keep two metres of distance between tables or set up a barrier between them. personal service and retail businesses will no longer have a maximum capacity, with proper distancing.
remaining restrictions on youth sports will be lifted.
record number of vaccines saturday, new cases reported saturday
bolstered by an array of mobile, pop-up, walk-in, and drive thru clinics as well as appointments through the sha and pharmacies, the province set a new daily record for vaccines administered friday, with 19,737 doses making it into the arms of residents.
by end of day saturday, an additional 16,084 vaccine doses had been administered, bringing the total to 997,818.
saturday’s doses were given in the far north west (612), far north central (10), far north east (165), north west (7360, north central (842), north east (1,027), saskatoon (3,800), central west (612), central east (1,978), regina (2,770), south west (465), south central (676) and south east (1,827). there are 564 doses administered with area of residence pending.
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one new death, of someone in the 70-79 age group in the north west area, was reported sunday. in total, 563 deaths related to covid-19 in saskatchewan have been recorded.
there were 60 new cases reported sunday, with 27 in saskatoon and nine in regina. the province sits at 743 active cases of covid-19, with saskatoon and regina leading at 189 and 149 cases, respectively.
the seven-day average of new covid-19 cases is 69, or 5.7 per 100,000.
seventy-nine people are in hospital with 12 in intensive care. the province also reported 76 recoveries on sunday.
as of 8 a.m. on monday, eligibility for second doses of the covid-19 vaccine will open to anyone who received their first dose on or before may 15. the sha said in a release that going forward eligibility for second doses will only be based on the date of first immunization.
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