Health officials are advising the public against all non-essential travel between north-west Saskatchewan and northern Alberta effective immediately.
The health advisory was issued Saturday afternoon by Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and the Northern-Inter-Tribal Health Authority following new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the northern part of the province.
Contact tracing is currently underway. The SHA says the cases are linked to travel between north-west Saskatchewan and Alberta. “There have been reports of COVID-19 cases identified at an oil sands facility north of Fort McMurray,” said the SHA in a press release. “In recognition that there are close connections between communities with regular interprovincial travel for work and