but critics say even those additional supplies won’t be enough to keep schools open unless the province takes more action, such as providing n95s for all students and staff, putting hepa filters in all classrooms and addressing low vaccination rates among school-aged children.
as omicron cases continue to surge across the province, pediatric hospitalization rates are also rising, with an additional 25 hospital admissions among albertans under the age of 19 since schools opened monday.
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the province has said up to 8.6 million rapid test kits and 16.5 million medical-grade masks, which are not n95s, will be delivered in a series of shipments over the next month, the first of which was promised to arrive by friday at the latest.
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