The province will likely see more “isolated outbreaks” pop up in communities, warns the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses.“We need to figure out how we’re going to manage this because we’re going to end up having these kind of outbreaks all over the province,” said union president Tracy Zambory.Right now, she says nurses in northern Saskatchewan aren’t prepared for the province to reopen.
Along with treating people, Zambory said staff can also help with contact tracing — going back and seeing who someone who tested positive came in contact with. It’s key to finding out who else may have been exposed. The nurse’s union and community leaders also say whole communities need to be tested to contain these outbreaks.
“We need tests in this region, that’s the bottom line of our strategy — contain, test, go back to normal,” said Laliberte.A negative to announcing reopening; even if you tell people nothing’s changed, they won’t always listen.“It was like there was no rules in place at all. That’s not going to work. We have to follow the rules, that’s why we’re doing so well was all of those rules that were put in place, the hard work that’s gone into planning.