{"id":12357,"date":"2020-04-20T16:13:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T20:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=12357"},"modified":"2020-05-20T19:03:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T23:03:23","slug":"officials-in-northern-saskatchewan-link-covid-19-cases-with-travel-to-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/officials-in-northern-saskatchewan-link-covid-19-cases-with-travel-to-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials in northern Saskatchewan link COVID-19 cases with travel to Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PRINCE ALBERT, SASK. &#8212;<br \/>\n\tProvincial and Indigenous health officials in northern Saskatchewan are investigating COVID-19 cases they say are linked to travel to Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tA statement from the Saskatchewan Health Authority says it and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority have begun a contact tracing investigation into new cases of the novel coronavirus in the province&#8217;s north that are linked to cross-boundary travel.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe statement notes there have been reports of a number of COVID-19 cases at an oilsands facility north of Fort McMurray, Alta., although it doesn&#8217;t specify whether any of the new cases in Saskatchewan are believed to be connected to that outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBecause of \u201cclose connections between communities\u201d from people who travel for work or other reasons, the statement says there is a potential for community transmission across the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe health authority says regional medical health officers are advising against all non-essential travel between northwest Saskatchewan and northern Alberta, and that all northern Saskatchewan residents self-isolate for 14 days after returning from northern Alberta.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saskatoon.ctvnews.ca\/sha-advising-against-all-non-essential-travel-to-northern-alberta-1.4902222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: Saskatchewan Health Authority advising against all non-essential travel to northern Alberta<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/edmonton.ctvnews.ca\/alberta-reports-239-more-covid-19-cases-as-province-ramps-up-testing-1.4900806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE: Outbreak at Kearl Lake work camp; Alberta counts 239 cases<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tOfficials in Alberta have been tracking an outbreak at the Kearl Lake oilsands work camp north of Fort McMuray, and Alberta&#8217;s chief medical officer of health said Friday the number of Alberta cases arising from that facility had risen to 12.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 18, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edmonton.ctvnews.ca\/saskatchewan-covid-19-cases-linked-to-alberta-travel-authorities-1.4902387\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRINCE ALBERT, SASK. &#8212; Provincial and Indigenous health officials in northern Saskatchewan are investigating COVID-19 cases they say are linked to travel to Alberta. 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