COVID-19 pandemic Thursday at an Emergency Advisory Committee meeting.Interim City Manager Adam Laughlin gave a presentation to council that outlined the increase in active COVID-19 cases in the Edmonton zone, how the city is planning for a widespread outbreak or possible second wave, compliance rates for the face-covering bylaw, City Hall relaunch and re-examining the face covering exemption card program.Dr.
Chris Sikora, Alberta Health Services Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Edmonton zone, answered councillors’ questions around Edmonton’s rates and mask effectiveness.Laughlin pointed out that the risk of infection and the number of active cases has been rising in the last two weeks in Edmonton.