Today, we announced new measures to help slow spread of COVID-19 & declaring a public health emergency in Alberta.

Let me be clear, we are not moving into a lockdown, but with targeted restrictions to help stop the spike & prevent our healthcare system from being overwhelmed. https://twitter.com/YourAlberta/status/1331393689353011200
The medical data shows one of the top areas of COVID-19 spread is large social gatherings.

Indoor social gatherings will no longer be permitted. Outdoor social gatherings will be limited to 10 people.

This is mandatory and will be enforced with fines.

https://www.alberta.ca/enhanced-public-health-measures.aspx
Places of worship will be restricted to 1/3 capacity, and are encouraged to move services online.

And for our businesses in the "enhanced" status in Alberta, we will have 3 categories of new measures:

🛑Closed
⚠️Open, with restrictions
📲 Open, by appointment only
Businesses and services that will need to close include:

Banquet halls, conference centres, trade shows, auditoria, community centres, children's play centres and indoor playgrounds, all team and individual sports.
Restaurants, pubs, bars, and lounges will be able to remain open, subject to restrictions.

- Max of 6 people from the same household at one table.
- Liquor service open until 10pm, in-person dining closes at 11pm.
- Only eating/drinking permitted, no other entertainment/services
Retail establishments will also be able to remain open, at 20% capacity.

These include grocery, clothing, hardware, automotive, liquor, computer and technology stores, pharmacies, farmer's markets.
Other services and venues are also open, but subject to 20% capacity.

These include museums and galleries, libraries, movie theatres, indoor entertainment centres and indoor fitness centres.
Some businesses services will move to appointment only, and many of these have already taken precautions to operate this way.

These include personal services like haircare, esthetics, wellness services, professional services, taxi and rideshare, hotels/motels, & private lessons.
Another important change - the school calendar has been updated:

For grades 7-12, at-home learning will begin starting Nov. 30, until the winter break starts after Dec. 18.

For students in all grades, they will return to in-person classes on January 11.

https://twitter.com/YourAlberta/status/1331393703722684416
I know that many of these changes will be disruptive to businesses, to people, to Albertans.

We believe these measures carefully balance protecting lives AND livelihoods.

We must protect our healthcare system, which is at risk from rising hospitalizations and ICU cases.
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