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Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Sept. 8 as schools start reporting cases

Sep 8, 2020 | 3:15 PM

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on COVID-19 in the province.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. You can watch the news conference below once it begins.

Dr. Hinshaw’s update comes as at least 20 Alberta schools have reported cases of COVID-19 since students across the province started returning to classrooms a week ago.

Support Our Students Alberta, a non-partisan, non-profit public education advocacy group, has a COVID-19 tracker for kindergarten to Grade 12 schools on its website. It suggests 22 schools have had cases including seven in Calgary and four in Edmonton based on recent letters and emails sent to parents.

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Alberta Health Services says it is compiling a list of schools with confirmed cases.

None of the schools have declared outbreaks and all remain open.

Opposition NDP education critic Sarah Hoffman says there are at least 20 COVID-19 cases in schools, with 16 of those infections reported since Friday.

Hoffman said it’s not too late for the province to cap class sizes at 15 so that two-metre physical distancing can be possible.

“The premier claimed this isn’t about money, and that if we needed additional resources to ensure the safe re-entry of schools that resources would be made available,” said Hoffman. “It’s time for him to keep that promise — today.”

(With file from The Canadian Press)