Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says reducing stress on health care is top priority
Alberta’s health minister says the province will remain vigilant despite lifting most restrictions in the province related to COVID-19.
Alberta ended most of its pandemic restrictions, including a proof of vaccination requirement for certain activities, school requirements and capacity limits for venues in February and March. “Despite these changes I want to reassure Albertans that we are not forgetting about COVID or overlooking its challenges. We know COVID-19 will continue to circulate in Alberta and around the world,” Copping said.
“We need to give the system more ability to manage any future wave of COVID-19 but we need to do much more than that. We need to recognize normal wasn’t good enough back then and we need to do better.”“The system remains under real strain in Alberta and across the country. AHS and their partners continue to struggle with staff shortages in spite of the fact that the work force is growing at the same time the system is managing a wave of patients,” he said.
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