announced plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions in phases on Tuesday. COVID-19: Kenney announces Alberta vaccine passport program ending at midnight “It’s time for us to learn to live with COVID-19,” he said at a press conference, listing the challenges of the pandemic: disrupting livelihoods, dividing people and hurting mental health.“It’s time to let kids be kids.”Kenney said the restrictions exemption program has “outlived its useful purpose,” announcing that after Feb.
8 at 11:59 p.m., it is done — citing what he called declining hospitalizations.Mandatory masks for kids 12 and under will end on Feb.
13 at 11:59 p.m.Other changes will follow as March arrives. Decision on Alberta’s vaccine passport expected this week as province records 39 COVID-19 deaths Monday “None of this is an end to COVID-19.
New variants will arrive, and we will still see times when cases are higher in the province,” Kenney said.“We will likely also see times when there is additional pressure on the hospitals.