Hey y’all! I’m listening to today’s #COVID19 update with Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health. Follow along below. @calgaryherald @calgarysun #COVID19AB
The province has recorded another 323 cases of COVID-19, bringing the active case count to 3,203 in Alberta. Majority in the Edmonton zone. #COVID19AB
@theJonRoe has some more details here. Tweeting from my car (#journolife) so toggling between Twitter and the internet isn’t going ~super fast~
https://twitter.com/thejonroe/status/1318667757794152448
Hinshaw is doing a QA now. Didn’t get plugged in on the phone line, so coming in late.
Hinshaw is taking about the term “second wave.” Shw said it gives people the impression COVID-19 will “wash away.” That’s not true.
Question about releasing new modelling as cases rise. Hinshaw says their team is not working on the type of modelling done in the spring. The work is, instead, looking at combining what we expect to see in influenza testing and how to prepare the labs.
Asked about testing capacity and demand, Hinshaw says 20,000 tests (previously announced) was meant to be a “surge capacity target” and not something they could do everyday.
She says the lab is hiring more people and trying to expand resources as it meets 15,000 to 16,000 tests per day.
One more question. Hinshaw is asked about a wedding celebration in Calgary that led to dozens of cases, in addition to restrictions as we approach a “danger zone” with rising cases.
Hinshaw says she can’t offer details about local investigations. “I think it’s really important to make sure we are not singling this event out as an outlier,” says Hinshaw. “The organizers report that they were doing their best to follow public health guidance.”
She says it is not clear how people became infected at the event. She said they did nothing “intentionally wrong,” and that anyone who attends events like this need to take all precautions.
As for putting mandatory measures in place right now, Hinshaw says it’s a “matter of debate” and there are always risks and benefits. She says if they put stricter restrictions in place now they wouldn’t know whether the province could have “turned the tide.”
“We’re trying to give Albertans every opportunity to work with us in this voluntary way,” says Hinshaw. Next update is Thursday.
Here she is. Today’s update on COVID-19 in Alberta. @calgaryherald #COVID19AB calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
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