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