The Concerned Citizens for COVID Action is holding a rally today (weds) in front of Health Minister Paul Merriman’s Saskatoon MLA constituency office.

The group says they are peaceful and respectful and their goal is to urge Premier Scott Moe and the Health Minister to take immediate action to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the province.

Among other things the group points to providing more resources to hospitals as well as for public health to aid with things like contact tracing.

The rally is 1 p.m. today.  Suggestions for change include:

-Immediately addressing low vaccination rates in targeted age cohorts and communities with low updates with outreach strategies, staffing and funding.

-Immediately addressing the crisis in our hospitals (ERs, ICUs and COVID Care Units) by supporting adequate staffing and resources.

-Mandating and providing necessary resources to Public Health for TTI – Testing, Tracing and Isolating of all COVID positive cases and their confirmed contacts during period of established communicability

-Cooperating with Provincial and Federal governments to support and implement a vaccinated identification program for events, business and travel.