CALGARY — Alberta’s top doctor is defending the province’s plan to lift all its COVID\u002D19 public health restrictions despite mounting concerns from physicians…
Hajdu said recent modelling for Alberta forecasts a more serious resurgence in cases fuelled by the Delta variant, and all governments need to take reasonable steps to protect Canadians.
Hinshaw said they also studied other jurisdictions, like the United Kingdom, which saw an uptick in the Delta variant before Alberta, to determine risks related to eliminating restrictions. While Hinshaw acknowledged concerns from Albertans about the “hard and rapid shift,” she said timing is the most important question.
Dropping isolation, testing and contact tracing measures before the fall will help Alberta prepare for an expected spike in other respiratory illnesses, she said, and it will free up acute care and public health resources. Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious disease specialist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, said vaccines are slowing the spread and severity of the virus but there remains “vulnerable pockets where COVID-19 can transmit.”
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