to get provinces to bring back serious restrictions — but none are willing to divulge exact figures of just how much worse things would have to get.
“We do not expect to see the hospitals strained as they were in the initial omicron wave but we’ll continue to monitor closely,” said Steve Buick, a spokesperson for Alberta’s health minister, in an emailed statement. Buick said there’s “no single numerical threshold” for returning to COVID rules, but rather it’s a “judgment that would weigh all the indicators of risk of overburdening the health system.”COVID-19 will be with us for ‘foreseeable future’ PHAC says, warning of future waves
Fitzgerald reiterated, though, that the province’s health-care system should be able to manage the current projections — as did a spokesperson from PEI’s government.COVID-19: Quebec extends mask mandate to late April As things stand now, only Nunavut, P.E.I. and Quebec still have their mask mandates in place. Nunavut is slated to drop the requirement on Monday, however, while Quebec just extended the rule amid rising COVID cases.
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