Alberta junior and high school students are being sent home to learn and the province is introducing stricter gathering limits in hopes of curbing the spread of COVID-19.
Premier Jason Kenney announced the new public health measures and enacted a state of public health emergency as the province reported 1.115 cases of COVID-19.
The province entered a state of public health emergency in March but decided in June to let the status expire when its infection rate slowed.
In a state of a public health emergency, the provincial government and chief medical officer of health have different powers for crisis response.
Kenney stated that the measures were developed by a cabinet committee that met for eight hours on Monday and heard recommendations from Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw.
The province will be monitoring to see if the restrictions will bring down Alberta’s rate of transmission to one percent by December 15. The premier warned if the latest round of public health measures did not have an impact in three weeks, the government will “impose stricter measures.”
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