Posted: Dec 24, 2020 8:00 AM MT | Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Outreach volunteers providing COVID-19 care kits started going door to door this week in some of the hardest hit neighbourhoods in Edmonton and Calgary.(Supplied by Noor Al-Henedy)
When Alberta s COVID-19 outreach program began to reach front doors this week, volunteers say they were met with delight and appreciation. It s something you don t expect to see at your door, someone handing out at least two packages of self-protective gear and saying happy holidays, volunteer Hanan Noor said.
Volunteers have started distributing care kits this week directly to households in the neighbourhoods hit hardest by COVID-19 in Edmonton and Calgary. Noor participated in Edmonton on Tuesday and Wednesday, going door-to-door in the Mill Woods area.
People who need to self-isolate because of COVID-19 but can’t do it safely in their own homes are eligible to stay in a provincially funded hotel, with three meals a day, in an attempt for the government to help slow down the spread of COVID-19.
On Tuesday, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced an expansion of the provincial self-isolation hotel program with16 hotels ready to be filled – six in Calgary, nine in Edmonton and one in Peace Ricer. The hotel system will have a maximum capacity in Calgary of 791 spots; Edmonton’s will have over 1,300.
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The expansion is part of a broader program, Covid Care, launched by the government to help support neighbourhoods most impacted by COVID-19. The government is working to secure more hotel space in the two major cities, along with Fort McMurray and Red Deer.
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Alberta is expanding the number of self-isolation hotels and providing new on-the-ground supports for communities that are hard hit by COVID-19, Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday.
Kenney said statistical analysis conducted by Alberta Health and the Emergency Management Agency have identified 11 communities that have some of the highest rates of COVID-19 transmission in the province.
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Nine are in Edmonton: Northeast, Northgate, Castle Downs, Woodcroft West, Jasper Place, Woodcroft East, Eastwood, Abbottsfield, and Mill Woods West. The other two are in Calgary.