Alberta announces majority of COVID-19 restrictions dropped July 1 | FULL

Nearly all of Alberta’s provincial health measures designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 will be lifted on July 1, Premier Jason Kenney announced on Friday.

“It is a good afternoon. This is a happy day for Alberta.”

The news comes after the province hit the threshold for Stage 3 of the Open for Summer plan on Thursday, when 70.2 per cent of eligible Albertans had received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose.

“That means that, on July 1 — on Canada Day — Alberta’s public health measures will be lifted and our lives will get back to normal,” Kenney said.

Under Stage 3, nearly all restrictions are lifted, including a ban on social gatherings.

Isolation requirements for positive COVID-19 cases and some protective measures in continuing care facilities would remain in place.

Municipal mandates put in place in individual communities would still be in effect until lifted by local governments.


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