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Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Jan. 27

Jan 27, 2021 | 3:20 PM

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

Alberta’s health minister said earlier on Wednesday that the province is not looking to follow Manitoba and place new COVID-19 restrictions on interprovincial travellers.

Tyler Shandro said it’s important to put in health restrictions as needed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus but travel within Canada remains important.

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Starting Friday, Manitoba is expanding its restrictions to require all domestic travellers to self-isolate for 14 days after entering the province.

Since last June, only people arriving from areas east of Terrace Bay in northern Ontario had been subject to the requirement.

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says it’s being done out of an abundance of caution in part to combat new variants of COVID that can spread exponentially faster than the original strain and could overwhelm health systems far faster.

The federal government is also eyeing new travel restrictions after COVID variants were detected in Canada, including Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta.

(With file from The Canadian Press)