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Less than 24 hours after British Columbia unveiled its restart plan, Alberta has done the same.
The Open for Summer Plan is a three-stage roadmap to fully reopen the province by early July.
“Albertans have stopped the spike and now we can start safely lifting restrictions so we can have a truly great Alberta summer,” tweeted Premier Jason Kenney.
Here is Alberta's #OpenForSummer Plan!
— Jason Kenney (@jkenney) May 26, 2021
Albertans have stopped the spike and now we can start safely lifting restrictions so we can have a truly great Alberta summer.
If we stay on track with vaccines and hospitalizations, Alberta will be fully open by July! (1/2) pic.twitter.com/j5Bx1ODt3I
All current health restrictions remain in place right now, but thanks to active cases going down and vaccination rates going up, Alberta will enter Stage 1 of its journey to normalcy on June 1.
Here’s what Stage 1 will look like:
- Places of worship - 15% of fire code occupancy (effective May 28).
- Outdoor social gatherings - up to 10 people (indoor social gatherings still not permitted).
- Outdoor physical, performance and recreation activities - up to 10 distanced people, all ages.
- Personal and wellness services - re-open, by appointment only.
- Funeral services - up to 20 people, not including facility staff, funeral clery or organizers not considered guests (receptions remain prohibited).
- Wedding ceremonies - up to 10 people, including officiant, bride/groom, witnesses (receptions remain prohibited).
- Restaurants - 4 people per table max, outdoors, households only or 2 close contact for those living alone.
- Retail - 15% of fire code occupancy (must maintain ability to distance).
- Distancing and masking requirements remain in effect.
Stage 2 is expected to begin in mid-June and it will officially kick in two weeks after 60% of Albertans over the age of 12 have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Hospitalizations will also need to be below 500 and declining.
Here’s what Stage 2 will look like:
- Outdoor social gatherings - up to 20 people with distancing (indoor social gatherings still not permitted).
- Indoor recreation, entertainment and other settings (rec centres, arenas, cinemas, theatres, museums, galleries, libraries) - open at 30% of fire code occupancy.
- Gyms and fitness studios - open for solo and drop-in activities and indoor fitness classes with 3 metre distancing.
- Funeral services - up to 20 people, indoors and outdoors (receptions permitted outdoors only).
- Wedding ceremonies - up to 20 people, indoors and outdoors (receptions permitted outdoors only).
- Places of worship - 1/3 of fire code occupancy.
- Personal and wellness services - resume walk-in service.
- Post-secondary - resume in-person learning.
- Restaurants - 6 people per table max, indoors or outdoors.
- Retail - 1/3 of fire code occupancy (must maintain ability to distance).
- Youth activities (day camps, play centres) - resume with restrictions.
- Youth and adult sports - resume with no restrictions, indoors and outdoors.
- Outdoor public gatherings (concerts/festivals) - up to 150 people.
- Outdoor fixed seating facilities (grandstands) - 1/3 seated capacity.
- Work from home order is lifted but still recommended.
- Distancing and masking requirements remain in effect.
Finally, the Province expects to reach Stage 3 in early July, which will kick into effect two weeks after 70% of Albertans over the age of 12 have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Stage 3 will see all restrictions lifted, including the ban on indoor social gatherings, but isolation requirements for confirmed cases of COVID-19 and some protective measures in care settings will remain.
For more information on Alberta’s reopening plan, click this link.
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