COVID-19 reopening plan, officials didn’t budge and kept the province in Step 2.Step 3 would have allowed things like indoor gatherings with restrictions and indoor team sports to resume, but officials cited rising case numbers, rising hospitalizations and further spread of COVID-19 variants as the reasoning behind not moving forward.
Alberta not lifting any COVID-19 restrictions amid rising hospitalization numbers: Shandro So if staying here doesn’t curb the spread, at what point would restrictions lifted when moving from Step 1 to 2 be put back into place?Officials haven’t really given Albertans an answer this week.Health Minister Tyler Shandro was first asked this question at the news conference on Tuesday when he announced Alberta.