The City of Regina is asking the Saskatchewan Health Authority to conduct a public health assessment on the replacement worker camp at the city’s Co-op refinery in regards to COVID-19.
This comes following a recent allegation from Unifor, claiming an emergency health care worker didn’t self-isolate after returning from Las Vegas on March 15. “Since the COVID-19 threat became a reality here in Saskatchewan, we’ve heard increased concerns…we’re raising this as a major public health concern,” said Andrew Stevens, Regina city councillor.
Stevens said concerns came from community members not associated to either Co-op nor Unifor. He brought a motion to council on Friday asking the city to reach out to SHA, which passed.