Province loosens rules for single Albertans over holidays

Dec 22, 2020 | 3:44 PM

Premier Jason Kenney delivered an early Christmas present to single Albertans on Tuesday.

“We’ve made some changes to the public health restrictions that will allow single Albertans to enjoy the holidays with loved ones in a safe way,” said the premier.

From Dec. 23 to Dec. 28, single Albertans may attend one event at another household, Kenney announced. During that same time, households can host up to two single people for an event.

He said the change was adopted based on advice from the minister of health, based on input from the chief medical officer of health by the COVID cabinet committee.

Kenney says the change “will make a world of difference for single Albertans who otherwise would not be able to visit their families over Christmas.”

He said large social gatherings are still prohibited, explaining the huge spike in daily new COVID-19 cases seen in recent weeks resulted from such gatherings at Thanksgiving.

“Tremendous progress” has been made fighting COVID-19 in the last couple of weeks, said Kenney, who asked people to continue to observe the rules.

There are 1,021 new cases in the province announced Tuesday, and a total of 18,311 active cases.

by EverythingGP Staff