City of Saskatoon developing return-to-worksite plan for employees
As Saskatchewan talks about entering Step 1 of its reopening plan, the City of Saskatoon is looking ahead to a time where more workers will be back in the office.
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Posted: May 10, 2021 1:12 PM CT | Last Updated: May 10
The City of Saskatoon has started to develop plans for when office workers will start to return to their workplaces.(Courtney Markewich/CBC)
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark. (650 CKOM file photo)
Regina may have turned a corner recently in its battle with COVID-19, but Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark says his city is on “red alert.”
Now, he’s calling on the provincial government to enact further measures to prevent hospitals and intensive care units from filling up, and to help prevent more people from dying or becoming seriously ill.
It’s the latest step the mayor has taken, after holding a news conference two weeks ago asking residents to “buckle down” to prevent the spread of COVID-19 variants, and condemning the recent “freedom rallies” at city parks.
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Acknowledging his own limited authority to impose tighter measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark opted to appeal directly to city residents at a press conference on Thursday, conducted by video call.
“I know people are tired,” Clark said, acknowledging the sacrifices people have made over the last year, from cancelled kids’ birthday parties to forgoing in-person visits with family.
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“And here we are again at another point where we’re saying, ‘Please buckle down. Please take action to make sure we can prevent this.’ ”
SASKATOON A Saskatoon microbiologist is calling on health officials to better prepare for the future of COVID-19. Andrew Potter is a microbiology professor at the University of Saskatchewan and former director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO). His expertise focuses on bacterial pathogens and vaccinology. Saskatchewan is on the cusp of having a huge problem, Potter says, pointing to the ICU capacity and rising variants of the virus. Potter says there’s time to get things under control, but health officials need to be proactive. When you look at pandemics, really you want to be proactive looking into the future and trying to predict what s going to happen, and designing intervention strategies to mitigate that risk. And that’s not what I’m seeing in Saskatchewan.
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Acknowledging his own limited authority to impose tighter measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark opted to appeal directly to city residents at a press conference on Thursday, conducted by video call.
“I know people are tired,” Clark said, acknowledging the sacrifices people have made over the last year, from cancelled kids’ birthday parties to forgoing in-person visits with family.
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“And here we are again at another point where we’re saying, ‘Please buckle down. Please take action to make sure we can prevent this.’ ”