Fast-food joints, more liquor retailers will ask for proof of COVID-19 vaccinations in Sask.
CBC
Starting Monday, more businesses in Saskatchewan will require anyone 12 and older to provide their proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative test to enter the premises.
Liquor manufacturers like breweries and distilleries that sell alcohol and most off sales attached to restaurants and taverns will be among the businesses affected, the province said in a news release Friday.
Anyone planning to dine-in at a fast-food restaurant should also expect to show their immunization status or a negative test taken up to 72 hours before, the province said. However, it will not be required to stop in to use the washroom.
Pick-up and delivery orders, along with food courts, will also not be affected.
These additions build on the province's current list of places that need people to provide proof of vaccination or a negative test. Those include:
Places currently exempt from the province's proof of vaccination or negative test requirement include:
A team composed of members from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency and the Ministry of Health will be enforcing the current public health order on a complaint basis, the province said.
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