SASKATOON -- Giving the novel coronavirus enough oxygen will allow it to rise in the population again, an expert says. “Yes, we’ve got vaccines that are coming down the road but that doesn’t necessarily help us here and now,” said Jason Kindrachuk, a virologist at the University of Manitoba. He made the remarks after Saskatchewan eased gathering restrictions on Tuesday, allowing for a private gathering bubble of up to 10 people inside a household. The province also reported the first COVID-19 death of a person under 20. The week of Feb. 8-14 had 282 COVID-19 cases and the week of Feb. 22-28, there were 434 cases.