Health

COVID vaccine approved for young children: parents and school officials react

Amanda Morin has three children between the ages of five and nine years old, and despite Friday's announcement from Health Canada that the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for children between the age...

Nov 19, 2021

Health Canada approves Pfizer vaccine for kids aged 5-11

Some kids in Saskatchewan soon could be rolling up their sleeves for the COVID-19 vaccine.Health Canada announced Friday it has approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for kids aged five to 11. Previou...

Nov 19, 2021

More than 13K COVID cases in Sask. have been kids under 11

More than one-sixth of Saskatchewan's COVID-19 cases to date have been children under the age of 11.On Thursday, the provincial government's COVID dashboard changed the age groups of cases, separating...

Nov 18, 2021

Saskatchewan surpasses 900 COVID-related deaths with four more reported today

The Saskatchewan government is reporting another 149 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, 105 of which are among unvaccinated individuals, including 44 children between the ages of 0-11.Four new dea...

Nov 17, 2021

2,500 doses of J&J vaccine available in Sask. starting Wednesday

The first jabs of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Saskatchewan starting Wednesday.In a media release Tuesday, the Saskatchewan government said the province's i...

Nov 16, 2021

Province reports 97 new cases of COVID-19, 25 in north, two deaths

The province is reporting another 97 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Nov. 15, 56 of which are in unvaccinated individuals.The new cases in Northern Saskatchewan today are located in the North West ...

Nov 15, 2021

New COVID Delta variant subtypes are dominant strains in Saskatchewan

Two new Delta variant subtypes have become the dominant strains of COVID-19 throughout Western Canada and health officials are closely watching how they progress.Called AY.25 and AY.27, according to i...

Nov 12, 2021

Eight more COVID-19 deaths reported in province, 182 new cases

The province reported another 182 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on Nov. 11, bringing the total to 79,212 reported cases.Of the new cases, 33 were identified in Northern Saskatchewan;...

Nov 11, 2021

Province creates safe access zones for health-care workers, patients

The Saskatchewan government is looking to take better care of its health-care workers at their workplaces.On Wednesday, the government introduced The Public Health (Safe Access to Hospitals) Amendment...

Nov 10, 2021

Double digit day for new cases in the province, first since Aug. 16

As of Nov. 9 there are 86 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 60 who were unvaccinated with 28 being between 0-11.This is the lowest daily total since Aug. 10, 2021 and the first day we've reported less ...

Nov 09, 2021