Outbreak Declared At Local Restaurant

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has declared a COVID - 19 outbreak at a local restaurant and this time the outbreak has been declared for Smitty’s Family Restaurant at the Town and Country Mall.

On January 19th the SHA declared the outbreak. It is unknown who has contracted COVID - 19 whether it be staff or customer(s) at the restaurant.

An outbreak is defined by the SHA when two or more people test positive for COVID‐19 and are all linked to a specific non-household setting or event within a specified time period. If one person contracts COVID - 19 in a non-household setting it is termed a suspected outbreak.

A declaration is NOT necessarily an indicator of risk to the public.

A declaration of an outbreak does not mean any facility was not properly following the Province’s guidelines. At the present time the Province has been experiencing record breaking confirmed cases of COVID - 19 in what is described as the second wave of the virus.

It does need to be noted that the SHA has seemingly made exceptions to this definition. When three cases of COVID - 19 were announced on November 22nd in a single form letter provided by the SHA at Peacock Collegiate that no outbreak was declared at that high school.

The Province continues to recommend people take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID - 19 by proper physical distancing, proper handwashing, wearing masks in public places and when a two metre distance cannot be maintained between others and staying home when you are sick, even if the symptoms are mild.

The Province also encourages those feeling ill to call the Healthline at 811.

UPDATE - As of January 21st the SHA is no longer listing this as an COVID - 19 outbreak.