"Ready to reopen: Alberta set to lift almost all health restrictions by July 1
Almost all COVID-19 public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Canada Day as the province prepares to enter the final stage of its COVID-19 reopening plan.
Stage 3 of Alberta's Open for Summer plan will kick in on July 1, Premier Jason Kenney announced in a news conference Friday.
"The end of this terrible time is just two weeks away," Kenney said.
The vaccine threshold required for the final stage of the province's three-step reopening plan was met on Thursday, when more than 70 per cent of eligible Albertans had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
"We finally have the upper hand on this virus and safely open up our province," Kenney said.
Alberta currently has 2,471 active cases, the lowest number recorded in the province since October, Kenney said.
The number of active cases has decreased 61 per cent since Stage 1 launched in June, Kenney said. The number of people in hospital has dropped by 45 per cent during the same time frame, he said.
Almost all COVID-19 public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Canada Day as the province prepares to enter the final stage of its COVID-19 reopening plan.
Stage 3 of Alberta's Open for Summer plan will kick in on July 1, Premier Jason Kenney announced in a news conference Friday.
"The end of this terrible time is just two weeks away," Kenney said.
The vaccine threshold required for the final stage of the province's three-step reopening plan was met on Thursday, when more than 70 per cent of eligible Albertans had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
"We finally have the upper hand on this virus and safely open up our province," Kenney said.
Alberta currently has 2,471 active cases, the lowest number recorded in the province since October, Kenney said.
The number of active cases has decreased 61 per cent since Stage 1 launched in June, Kenney said. The number of people in hospital has dropped by 45 per cent during the same time frame, he said.
