James said his family has already received their vaccines so he feels lucky that the chance to get the virus is lower for him. I m not too worried about risk to life from COVID-19 but there are still a lot of problems that come from getting COVID, James said. It s still a big deal.
How to address reluctant kids
Dr. Alexander Wong is an infectious disease physician in Regina.
He said young people may be less keen to get the COVID-19 vaccination, partly because they don t feel the virus is going to be as serious or dangerous for them. The science kind of bears that out, Wong said. I think we re going to need to look at ways to try to engage that young population through social media, through other types of messaging.
COVID-19 in Sask.: 7 new deaths, 559 new cases reported in 3-day provincial update
Sunday s provincial COVID-19 update, including data from Friday, Saturday and Sunday, shows there were 559 new cases and seven deaths reported.
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Sunday s provincial COVID-19 update provided three days worth of data.(Chris Helgren/Reuters)
Seven deaths and 559 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Saskatchewan since Friday, according to the province.
Sunday s update said there were 229 cases reported on Friday, when 125 people were in acute care and 29 were in intensive care. On Saturday, there were 123 new cases and no new deaths reported, with 144 in acute care and 30 in ICU.
SASKATOON The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has declared outbreaks at Willowgrove School and Walter Murray Collegiate. The SHA notified Saskatoon Public Schools (SPS) about the outbreak declarations on Thursday, SPS said in a news release. Classes at both schools are set to resume on Jan. 4 as scheduled. To date, Willowgrove School has had four positive cases of COVID-19 and Walter Murray Collegiate has had 12 positive cases, the division says. Since the start of the school year, Saskatoon Public Schools has had 160 positive cases at 45 locations in the division – 44 schools and the board office.
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