The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting the public of escalating COVID-19 activity in Regina and is urging Saskatchewan residents to follow public health measures and personal safety precautions to prevent the spread of the virus, including maintaining a physical distance of two metres from others and masking when that's not possible, frequent hand hygiene and self-isolating if you develop any symptoms of COVID-19.
In order to keep everyone in SHA facilities safe during this time, family presence/visitation is being limited in to compassionate care reasons only in all Regina SHA Acute Care facilities. These restrictions will be effective at 8 a.m. on Thursday, December 3, 2020. These restrictions will be reassessed in 14 days.
The decision to restrict family presence is not taken lightly. These measures are in place to keep you, your loved ones, and health care workers safe. The Saskatchewan Health Authority is asking the public for their support and cooperation in order to contain the spread of the virus. All long-term care and personal care homes in Regina went to Level 2 visitation, compassionate care reasons only, last month.
Compassionate care reasons may include, but are not limited to, family or support persons during end-of-life care, major surgery, intensive care/critical care, maternal/pediatrics, long-term care residents whose quality of life or care needs are unmet or those inpatients and outpatients with specific challenges.
No other visitors are allowed into the specified facilities or homes at this time and these limitations will remain in place until it is safe to return to the previous level of family presence.
