Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

The weekly COVID-19 update by CAO Drew Hyndman and Mayor Jeff Genung.

“These restrictions will not be in place forever,” Alberta Medical Chief Officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw said. “At this time we are not yet at that point where we can start easing off.”

“It’s important to remember that the COVID-19 pandemic we will all be dealing with for some while,” Hinshaw said. “What we do have is each other and the basic measures to prevent spread that will be with us in the months to come.”

"Playing brings a sense of life into both sides, the performers and the audience," Newsom said. "It's an uplifting thing."

"AHS is rallying alongside its academic partners at the Universities of Calgary and Alberta to help leverage research in the response to this global pandemic."

“Preventing the spread prevents deaths,” Hinshaw said. “Another way of preventing the spread of this virus is through testing and putting measures in place for confirmed places and contacts.”

"On that Thursday (March 19), we were told not to practice and that the league had been paused until further notice. We were quarantined until our departure five or so days later. Then on the 23rd, it was announced the season was officially cancelled. I'm not quite sure it's set in yet, it's all so crazy. Every day that passes I miss it more, and it sets in a little more too."

Alberta has a contract is for 100,000 testing kits, which can confirm results in less than one hour