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Zambory said she has spoken with Health Minister Paul Merriman, requesting eligibility be extended to health-care workers who are not already eligible, arguing the variant could exacerbate a shortage of workers if a large number are forced to self-isolate.
“We have to be able to get some release in the system to be able to manage the health-care needs that are in front of us right now,” she said.
Her comments came a day after the Saskatchewan Medical Association, which represents the province’s doctors, issued a statement warning that the government’s refusal to tweak its vaccine plan “will result in more lost lives and long-term illness due to COVID-19, and put non-COVID patients at even greater risk given delays in the services and care they need.”
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