Saskatoon's top doc says gathering size limits would help prevent 'acute care system collapse'
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The city's top doctor says a limit on gathering sizes in the Saskatoon area would help "prevent acute care system collapse."
Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) medical health officer Dr. Jasmine Hasselback said the COVID-19 surge in the city has left health-care workers "strained, stretched and really struggling to support our most vulnerable."
The Saskatoon area is the province's COVID-19 hotspot, with more than 1,167 active cases as of Tuesday's provincial update.
Hasselback said the number of new coronavirus outbreaks in the city is likely underreported because — with resources stretched so thin — there is no longer the capacity to detect them.
The special meeting was scheduled so City Council could discuss whether to call on the premier and health minister to introduce limits on gathering sizes in the Saskatoon area to help fight the spread of COVID-19.
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