Alberta Medical Association head criticizes province’s decision to end all COVID-19 restrictions
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The head of the Alberta Medical Association says he has significant concerns with the province’s decision to suspend almost all of its COVID-19 public health protocols.
Boucher adds the government’s planned reliance on hospitalization data and monitoring wastewater for viruses isn’t likely to provide enough information on the spread of COVID-19, especially as new variants take over. Boucher says Alberta will eventually have to move away from pandemic measures, but concludes the government is doing so too quickly.“I do not disagree that moving from pandemic state to endemic state is the future but would strongly advocate for a less precipitous approach.”This week, Alberta announced that close contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19 are no longer legally required to isolate, nor are they notified by contact tracers.As of Aug.
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