Alberta pausing shift in COVID-19 measures for six weeks
This story has been updated from its original version.
Alberta will not be moving away from symptomatic testing for COVID-19, mandatory isolation for positive cases and contact tracing on August 16 as originally planned.
On Friday, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced the province would be pausing its planned transition to bring COVID-19 in line with other respiratory viruses for at least six weeks, meaning such measures would remain in place until at least September 27.
She said this was notably due to hospitalizations being around 62 per cent higher at this time than projected back on July 29, when the decision to shift the province’s COVID-19 response was first announced.