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Alberta doctors urge province to hold off on easing COVID-19 restrictions next week

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COVID-19 restrictions next week and to instead toughen measures for bars, restaurants and pubs.The plea comes from two doctors who co-chair the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association’s pandemic committee.

399 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Alberta on Thursday Dr. Noel Gibney and Dr. James Talbot say in a statement that new daily active cases have stopped decreasing and that new, more transmissible variants of the virus may cause rapid increases.They also say many bars, restaurants and pubs are not following the existing rules and that it will be months before all at-risk Albertans are vaccinated.

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