There are still no positive reported cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.

However, there have been 52 tests in the province with 45 coming back negative and seven that are pending. Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says isolation is key if you’re sick, especially now given that the virus is spreading around the world.

Dr. Shahab stressed again that the risk COVID-19 poses to the province is very low, but with the increased amount of cases globally, more testing will be done to people who have returned from infected countries. Shahab says the tests have been self-induced by the patients after they monitored their symptoms over a 2-week period.

The Chief Medical Health Officer suggests people need to start thinking about how they would support themselves and their families if they were placed into a 2-week home isolation because most cases globally have been cured by simply staying at home until they get better. Shahab also says that stockpiling up on hand sanitizers, gloves, and masks isn’t any more helpful than just simply practicing routine hygiene.

Canada has its first community case of COVID-19. A woman in B.C. has tested positive for COVID-19 despite not having travelled recently and having no known contact with anyone infected with the virus. There are now close to 50 cases of coronavirus in Canada.