Health

Hinshaw to address reports of political interference, tension over Alberta’s COVID-19 response

Alberta's chief medical officer of health says she will address reports of political interference and tension over the province's COVID-19 response when she delivers her latest update this afternoon. ...

Nov 26, 2020

Alberta announces new acute care measures for visitors

Effective Nov. 25, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is introducing temporary measures for visitor access to AHS acute care sites that have an outbreak or are in communities where COVID-19 transmission is...

Nov 26, 2020

Albertans need to follow all COVID-19 measures to be successful: Hinshaw

Alberta's chief medical officer of health repeated her message that the daily rise in COVID-19 cases in the province, as well as the growing number and extent of outbreaks in acute care facilities, re...

Nov 25, 2020

New health measures force changes at City of Lacombe facilities

The City of Lacombe is making adjustments to its regular operations following newly announced public health measures from the province on Tuesday to combat the spread of COVID-19.On Wednesday, City of...

Nov 25, 2020

Red Deer with 149 active COVID-19 cases, Alberta records 500th death

Alberta announced another 1,265 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. That's out of 15,644 tests completed over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 8.1 per cent.There are now 13,719 active cases in t...

Nov 25, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update day after new measures announced

A day after the provincial government announced a series of new measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, Alberta's top doctor is set to provide her latest on the current situation in the prov...

Nov 25, 2020

Face coverings mandatory in Blackfalds starting Monday

Blackfalds town council has approved a mandatory face coverings bylaw for the community. The bylaw, which takes effect Nov. 30 and will be in place until further notice, applies to any indoor public s...

Andrew Snook Nov 25, 2020

Doctor says Alberta restrictions not enough to reduce COVID-19 strain on hospitals

EDMONTON - An emergency room doctor in Edmonton says Alberta's public health restrictions don't go far enough to deal with rising COVID-19 cases that are straining the health-care system.The province ...

Nov 25, 2020

Survey looks at impact of pandemic on health care workers

From November 24 to December 13, Statistics Canada is administering a short crowdsourced questionnaire on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Health Care Workers: Infection Prevention and Control.StatsCan says...

Nov 24, 2020

Red Deer remains with 141 active COVID-19 cases

Alberta reported another 1,115 cases on Tuesday. That's out of 13,500 test results for a positivity rate of over eight per cent.Active cases in the province are up by 183 to 13,349. Recoveries are up ...

Nov 24, 2020