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1. Very few people are getting tested. We have capacity to test over 1000 per day but only about 300 - 400 people are getting tested per day. There are concerns that thousands of people could be walking around Saskatoon with COVID, untested, and spreading it. https://twitter.com/SaskHealth/status/1353768722884829189
2. If you have even the mildest of symptoms and think it is just a cold or dry winter cough, please err on the side of caution and get tested. Remember to wait 48 hours after symptom onset to be tested as you may need to be retested.
3. Saskatoon test sites are not busy. The Covid-Test Drive Thru is open weekdays from 12:00 – 19:00 and weekends 08:30 – 16:00. Wait times are now posted on SHA website for you to check before you come.
4. You can also call 811 to arrange for a scheduled appointment time, many appointments are able to be made for the same day or next day customer service.
The most concerning sources of spread are: household mixing, workplace transmissions and bar/nightclub behaviour.
The most concerning sources of spread are: household mixing, workplace transmissions and bar/nightclub behaviour.
5. Please do not invite people to your home or have playdates or sleepovers for your children. Whether you are at your workplace, socializing inside, or at an outside activity, please wear a mask and make sure you are staying distanced. If you are sick, stay home.
6. The impact on the health care system is more than about COVID patients. It's because increased COVID patients has a direct impact on other services: the capacity to take care of people who have had strokes and heart attacks, who need cancer treatments or surgery –
7. This is reduced because of the heavy load being carried by healthcare workers to attend to COVID patients. Also, please continue to go to your family physician or other primary health care provider regularly. All medical concerns are important, not just ones related to COVID.
8. Don’t wait until you are feeling so ill or have so much pain, that you have to go to the emergency room.
The benefits of the vaccine will not be experienced in the community for many months. The vaccines are here, and are one of the best ways to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The benefits of the vaccine will not be experienced in the community for many months. The vaccines are here, and are one of the best ways to stop the spread of COVID-19.
9. But it takes time for our community to build immunity. Until the majority of residents are vaccinated, we must continue to do everything we can to prevent the continued spread of COVID and the number of people dying. It is months down the road before this will happen.
10. Do not think that because some people are getting vaccinated now means we can let up on our practices of distancing, masking, and sanitizing.
