Jason Kenney Deena Hinshaw county Wood municipality Regional covid-19 Coronavirus mass gatherings Jason Kenney Deena Hinshaw county Wood municipality Regional

Hinshaw eases COVID-19 rules for people in Wood Buffalo dealing with flooding: Kenney

Reading now: 213
globalnews.ca

Premier Jason Kenney says the province’s chief medical officer of health is relaxing some COVID-19 restrictions for people who are dealing with flooding in northern Alberta.

Kenney says in a tweet sent out late Tuesday that there have been concerns expressed in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which includes Fort McMurray, about physical distancing and gathering limits while volunteering.

He says Dr. Deena Hinshaw has exempted municipality residents from the restrictions. Kenney says the province is shipping masks to Fort McMurray to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A 25-kilometre-long ice jam has caused major flooding and forced about 13,000 people from their homes in the city’s downtown earlier this week. [ Sign

Read more on globalnews.ca
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA