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November data shows majority of Sask. COVID hospitalizations were unvaccinated
New information released by the Government of Saskatchewan on Tuesday continues to prove the favourable health outcomes after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Throughout November, the hospitalization rate ...
Dec 14, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
Last of Saskatchewan patients being treated in Ontario returns home
Saskatchewan has repatriated the last of its residents who were receiving health care in Ontario. Starting in October, Saskatchewan sent 27 patients east to help ease the burden on the province's heal...
Dec 14, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 14: 47 new cases, 4 deaths
Four more Saskatchewan residents have died due to COVID-19. The Ministry of Health reported the deaths Tuesday. It's the most deaths in a day since Nov. 28, when there also were four fatalities. The p...
Dec 14, 2021
Hindley, Meili weigh in on new long-term care inspections program
The Saskatchewan government is going to be keeping a closer eye on long-term care homes in the province with the launch of its new inspections. Minister for Seniors Everett Hindley said the inspection...
Dec 14, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 13: Saskatchewan reports fifth case of Omicron
Saskatchewan has detected another case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. On Monday, the Ministry of Health's COVID dashboard showed a fifth case of Omicron had been found through whole genome sequencin...
Dec 13, 2021 (650 CKOM file photo)
'It's heartbreaking': Regina woman reflects on Kentucky tornadoes
The destruction in the midwest United States is nothing short of a disaster after tornadoes ripped through the region, destroying parts of Kentucky in their wake. The destruction in the state hits clo...
Dec 13, 2021
Latest COVID update Dec. 12: Lowest new case number since August, no new deaths
Saskatchewan reported its lowest day of COVID cases since the summer on Sunday. There were just 37 new cases in the province's daily COVID update. That's the lowest such number since Aug. 3. There wer...
Dec 12, 2021 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
Survey suggests health-care worker morale sinking in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan health-care workers are looking to work less, leave the field or retire early as distress and other mental health strains increase following the latest wave of COVID-19. A survey from Uni...
Dec 10, 2021 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM file photo)
Latest COVID update Dec. 10: 69 new cases, 42 recoveries, 1 death
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan rose for a second straight day Friday. The Ministry of Health said there were 653 active cases, an increase of 31 from the previous day. There were ...
Dec 10, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Health minister discusses plan to cut down surgical wait lists
Health Minister Paul Merriman is defending Saskatchewan’s plan to cut down surgical wait lists, eliminate the surgical backlog and beef up hospital capacity. He joined Gormley to discuss the det...
Dec 10, 2021
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