Kenney gives COVID-19 update in wake of renewed criticism over Alberta reopening
CBC
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, will provide an update on COVID-19 Wednesday evening.
Dr. Verna Yiu, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services will also take part.
The news conference will start at 6 p.m. MT. You can watch it live here. CBC Radio will also carry it live across Alberta.
Alberta is leading the country by a wide margin in daily new COVID-19 cases and active cases.
In a Zoom meeting with physicians on Monday, Hinshaw said the province's controversial lifting of all COVID-19 public health restrictions in early July set the trajectory for the explosive fourth wave that has pushed its health-care system to the breaking point.
Hinshaw also said she "deeply" regrets her part in contributing to a narrative that "COVID's over."
Doctors, the Opposition NDP, business groups and others have repeatedly called in recent weeks for Kenney and his government to take more action to curb the spread of COVID-19, including the introduction of a vaccine passport, as other provinces have done.
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