NEW MEASURES
■ Sask. government introduced amendments to allow employees access to protected leaves from their jobs during a public health emergency — includes removing requirement for a doctor’s note or certificate, Removes requirement for 13 consecutive weeks of employment prior to accessing sick leave and introduces new unpaid public health emergency leave, retroactive to March 6.
■ The Sask. Party government is only releasing an expenditure statement, scrapping all revenue projections, effectively postponing its formal budget presentation.
■ Team created to help schools transition once schools shut down March 20. As schools wind down this week in response to COVID-19, the province says a team has already started working through “the logistics of the transition.”
■ The Regina Police Service is asking the public to avoid unnecessary in-person visits. The front doors of the police station at 1717 Osler St. are now locked and a commissionaire will attend and meet anyone seeking entry to ask a series of health-related questions before entry is allowed.
The front desk remains open and does the record check area.
■ Callers to the police communications centre can expect a few more questions about travel and the health of the occupants of your home before officers attend.
NUMBERS
■ As of Tuesday, 880 COVID-19 tests ordered — 191 in the north, 284 from Saskatoon area and 455 from south, including Regina
■ As of Tuesday, six presumptive cases and two confirmed in the province. The latest one a resident in their 50s, tested in Regina, following travel to Vancouver. To date, seven of the eight cases are travel-related, while one is a person residing in the same home as a positive case.
MORE CANCELLATIONS
■ Royal Saskatchewan Museum closed until further notice.
■ T.rex Discovery Centre in Eastend closed until May 16.
■ Globe Theatre is cancelling the rest of its 2019-20 season and temporarily closing its doors to the public.
For the latest advice on prevention measures being taken, visit www. saskatchewan.ca.