Alberta COVID

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Long COVID impacts continue as Alberta doctors, researchers seek ... (CBC.ca)

Tamsin Shute's life has changed dramatically since she became sick with COVID-19 last fall. She used to bike to work, practise yoga and go for long hikes.

"I know that there is this idea that perhaps we're exiting the pandemic phase and it's becoming endemic. This is a very unique virus that for some reason is able to continue to persist and cause havoc within the body.… The survey includes questions about symptoms ranging from breathlessness and a racing heart to headaches and problems with concentration. She spends most of her time at home, and regular activities, such as visiting in the yard with friends, can leave her in bed recovering for days. It's not much of a life." "COVID is absolutely not over.

COVID-19 update: New subvariants appear to dodge natural ... (Edmonton Journal)

With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton.

We invite you to write letters to the editor. When we talk to colleagues, EMS systems around the world are actually saying exactly the same thing. We think that some of it was probably tied to the health system reopening and coming back online. We saw this across the province, in all communities, and across all of our call types. Pre-pandemic, our call volumes were increasing in the projected range of five to six per cent a year. “We entered late 2021 with a situation where the vast majority of Canadians had vaccine-induced immunity, and only a very small proportion who had been infected,” he said. Where is the country at with COVID? “In a way we’re kind of in this weird place. Alberta isn’t the only place in the country where this is documented. The Canadian Mental Health Association and researchers at the University of British Columbia conducted a series of surveys during the pandemic to monitor Canadians’ mental health at various stages. Owners who say they are closest to burnout are less likely to run a business that has fully resumed operations, recalled all of its employees or reached normal levels of revenue. Most people in the financial hub of Shanghai are still unable to leave their homes after more than a month of confinement. de Oliveira said BA.4 and BA.5 demonstrate how the virus is evolving as global immunity increases.

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Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on ... (CBC.ca)

Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping said last week that there are signs of slowing transmission over the past week, but hospitalizations were up slightly.

For example, there is an upward trend in the readings in both Edmonton and Calgary, but one cannot say whether levels are higher in one city or the other. - The province reported 62 new COVID deaths between April 19 and April 25. The virus is shed in peoples' feces before symptoms arise, so values in the data associate strongest with cases occurring six days after the samples are collected. Copping confirmed plans are in place to make the drug available through community-based physicians. The data is updated publiclythree times a week. Because of this, comparisons across cities cannot be made directly and one should assess only the trends. In Alberta there is no system for cataloguing at-home rapid antigen tests, meaning many people with COVID-19 aren't reflected in the data. - According to the latest statistics from Alberta Health, 43.8 per cent of Albertans 12 and up have had three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. - As of Feb. 14, there are no masking requirements for children and youth 12 years old and younger and no masking requirements for children and youth in schools for any age. The province has a stockpile of 25,000 treatment courses of the antiviral medication — which is available to veryspecific groupsof high-risk patients — and only 1,300 patients have been treated so far. - The province released COVID-19 figures for the period of April 19 to 25. - Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping and the chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, gave an update on COVID-19 in the province on April 27.

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Alberta health minister says 7 of 250 surgeries transferred out of ... (Smithers Interior News)

NDP health critic says Red Deer situation is one of many staff shortages plaguing Alberta system.

“That is frankly gaslighting, and that is hurting the morale of doctors, physicians, nurses, (and) other health-care workers.” “That’s the strength of our system, to be able to move people around because our system is under strain.” That prompted the Opposition NDP to accuse Premier Jason Kenney’s government of practising “parking lot medicine.”

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