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Saskatchewan health minister takes responsibility for COVID-19 communication shortfalls
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Saskatchewan Health Minister Jim Reiter says he takes “some responsibility” for inconsistent and slow communication around developing COVID-19 outbreaks in the northern part of the province. “The buck stops with the minister.
The entire operation is under my responsibility, so certainly I’ll accept responsibility,” Reiter told reporters via teleconference Monday.
As of Monday, there were 97 active cases of COVID-19 in the far north of the province. An outbreak was first declared in La Loche on April 17.
In the days that followed, the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s medical health officer for the northern population unit told the media it was “under control.” Despite criticism of the language from the NDP Opposition leader, Reiter maintains
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