SUN said staff are trying to keep up with the growing demand for contact tracing, but said some members of the public aren’t making it easy.

The presidents of the SUN and SIEU-West unions say their workers are struggling with the crowded ERs, in addition to the near-capacity ICUs, and the province is behind on testing.

Terms of the contract between SUN and SAHO, which still needs to be ratified, have not been released.

Premier Scott Moe said it would be “disastrous” for Saskatchewan’s small business community to face a second lockdown as they did in the spring.

Patients are being diverted from Saskatoon's intensive care unit as it reaches and exceeds capacity.

Saskatchewan has the fourth highest active COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 people in the country.

"Any town across Saskatchewan is dealing with this with just a lot less resources," a small-town nurse says.

Health officials across the country have said masks reduce the spread of COVID-19.

It's an agreement between the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, the Saskatchewan Health Authory and the five unions representing the province’s health-care workers.

An in-patient at Regina's Pasqua Hospital was “mobile enough to be out and about on the ward” in the days prior to receiving a COVID-19 diagnosis, says the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses.