COVID-19: Saskatchewan business owners wonder how no proof of vaccine will affect business

COVID-19.“As far as my business is concerned, I mean, everything is kind of up in the air,” he said.On Monday, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced that, by the end of the month or possibly sooner, he would remove the public health order mandating most businesses to require customers to prove they’re fully vaccinated or provide a recent negative COVID-19 test result.

Medical experts reject statements by Scott Moe that vaccines don’t stop COVID-19 spread Plumb said he doesn’t know if that means more customers will visit his restaurant, or fewer.“I really can’t speculate what might be happening in the minds of my customers,” he said. “They’re going to have to make a decision, I guess.”Plumb said fewer people visited the ’50s-themed establishment on 13th Avenue in Regina when the measure came into effect last October, though the amount slowly increased — presumably, he said, as more people got vaccinated.But it wasn’t enough.Two weeks ago, Plumb posted on Facebook that his Regina restaurant, Mercury Café and Grill, needed customers to visit or he would go out of business.They returned and he said business has been busy since then.It’s a welcome change after the pandemic, which has now lasted nearly two years, kept customers at home and away from Mercury.In Saskatoon, there are only a handful of patrons at Mano’s Restaurant, on 8th Street, just before noon on Tuesday.Owner Manolis Barlas said the pandemic has been rough on the fine dining establishment.“Right now I think … (customers) don’t feel very safe (going) out,” he said.“And that’s why the business is slow.” COVID-19: Trucker convoy arrives in Regina, Moe hints at lifting proof of vaccine in Sask.