Stage 1 of the “Open for Summer” plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions.Premier Jason Kenney announced the three-stage plan last week, which boldly aims to lift nearly all COVID-19 public health restrictions province-wide by the end of June or early July.

COVID-19: Kenney outlines Alberta’s reopening plan for summer The threshold for Stage 1 is that two weeks have passed since 50 per cent of eligible Albertans age 12 and older have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and that hospitalizations from the disease are below 800 and declining.There are currently 439 people in hospital with COVID-19 and Alberta hit the 50 per cent vaccination threshold on May 18.So what can Albertans do now, that they couldn’t a day earlier?

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