COVID-19 Updates: Taking steps to return to normal.
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COVID-19 Updates: Taking steps to return to normal.
New ministerial orders, orders in council and legislation have been implemented to support Albertans, prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect our economy.
Public health orders are in place to protect our health system. For more information, see:
The following public health orders from Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health are currently in effect.
See public health actions for more information.
Order 08-2022 – outlines the first step in easing public health measures. (February 10, 2022)
Order 59-2021 – outlines additional health measures for facilities, venues and events participating in the Restrictions Exemption Program to protect Albertans against the highly transmissible Omicron variant. (December 24, 2021)
Order 56-2021 – asserts that Order 55-2021 is not in effect if an in-scope entity is participating in the Restrictions Exemption Program. (December 17, 2021)
Order 55-2021 – outlines public health measures to protect Albertans from COVID-19. Rescinds and replaces Order 44-2021. (December 16, 2021)
Order 34-2021 – outlines COVID-19 masking restrictions for Stage 3 of Alberta’s Open for Summer Plan. (July 1, 2021)
Order 03-2022 – outlines updated operational and outbreak standards for licensed supportive living, long term care and hospice settings. (January 18, 2022)
Order 58-2021 – outlines updated operational and outbreak standards for licensed supportive living, long term care and hospice settings. (December 23, 2021)
Order 01-2022 – isolation and related masking requirements for fully vaccinated and unvaccinated persons. This order also reduces the isolation period to 5 days for fully vaccinated individuals, outlines the Critical Worker Exception and provides the legal requirements for asymptomatic persons who screen positive after taking a rapid screening test. (January 3, 2022)
Order 48-2021 – sets out conditions for excluding unvaccinated K to 6 students from in-person school attendance when there are 3 or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 who attended class while infectious within a 5-day period. (October 8, 2021)
Order 06-2021 – outlined the legal requirements for asymptomatic persons who screen positive after being administered a rapid screening test. (March 11, 2021)
Order 39-2021 – isolation requirements for individuals with COVID-19 symptoms. This order also removed quarantine requirements by rescinding Order 35-2021. Came into effect July 29. (July 28, 2021)
Order 53-2021 – amends Order 44-2021. Clarifies details about public health measures to protect Albertans from COVID-19, including changes to remove physical distancing from outdoor ski hill chair-lifts. (December 1, 2021)
Order 47-2021 – reduces private outdoor gathering size capacity from 200 to 20 (October 7, 2021)
Order 49-2021 – outlines supplemental temporary public health measures to protect against COVID-19 in long-term care, designated supportive living and hospice settings. (October 20, 2021)
Order 37-2021 – outlines updated operational and outbreak standards for licensed supportive living, long term care and hospice settings. (July 13, 2021)
Order 52-2021 – rescinds and replaces Order 45-2021. Includes updated details regarding masking and proof of vaccination in the Restrictions Exemption Program. (December 1, 2021)
Order 51-2021 – amends the proof of vaccination section of Order 45-2021 to clarify Restrictions Exemption Program requirements for vaccine records from other provinces and for international travellers (November 23, 2021)
Order 50-2021 – introduces the QR code requirement for the Restrictions Exemption Program (November 16, 2021)
Order 46-2021 – outlines Restriction Exemption Program conditions for quick service restaurants (October 7, 2021)
Order 35-2021 – isolation and quarantine requirements for individuals with COVID-19 symptoms or who have been exposed to a COVID-19 case. The order also included modified requirements for individuals who are partially or fully vaccinated. (July 1, 2021).
Order 32-2021 – outlined updated operational and outbreak standards for licensed supportive living, long term care and hospice settings. (June 14, 2021)
Order 16-2021 – outlined conditions that must be met to allow visitors to a long-term care, licensed supportive living facility or any residential facility offering hospice services. (April 26, 2021)
Order 30-2021 – outlined COVID-19 measures for Stage 1 of Alberta’s Open for Summer Plan.
Order 26-2021 – outlined the isolation requirements for asymptomatic persons and established isolation and quarantine requirements for partially or fully vaccinated persons who are close contacts of a confirmed case of COVID-19. (May 21, 2021)
Order 22-2021 – required anyone wishing to verify that they have a medical condition that makes them unable to wear a mask to obtain a medical exception letter from a health professional. (May 13, 2021)
The following orders were rescinded by Order 19-2021:
Order 10-2021 (April 9, 2021) was rescinded by Order 12-2021.
Order 08-2021 – rescinded Order 04-2021 and implemented changes to public health measures (April 8, 2021).
Order 07-2021 – outlined updated operational and outbreak standards for residential addiction treatment service facilities and rescinded Appendix A and Appendix B of Order 13-2020. (April 27, 2021)
Order 05-2021 – amended Order 04-2021 with the following changes (March 8, 2021):
Order 04-2021 – set out a number of public health measures effective across the province to limit the risk of transmission (March 1, 2021).
Order 03-2021 – introduced COVID-19 variant of concern outbreak protocols for all licensed supportive living, long-term care and hospice settings (February 24, 2021).
Order 02-2021 – set out a number of public health measures effective across the province to limit the risk of transmission (February 8, 2021).
The following orders were rescinded by Order 02-2021:
Order 43-2020 allowed for a visit at home between a person who is at the end of their life and a family member, friend, faith leader or other person.
Order 41-2020 – prohibited indoor and outdoor social gatherings and made masks mandatory provincewide (December 8, 2020).
Order 37-2020 – introduced the following public health measures for communities on the enhanced watch list (November 12, 2020):
Previous modifications to Order 37-2020:
Order 36-2020 – limited all private social gatherings to a maximum of 15 people in an area on the COVID-19 relaunch status map where the active case rate for the region was identified as 50 or greater (per 100,000 population) or where the active cases for the region was identified as 10 or greater (November 6, 2020)
Order 34-2020 – removed restrictions on public access to businesses, schools and places of worship. Remaining businesses listed in the order remained closed to the public: amusement parks, indoor children’s play centres and nightclubs (September 23, 2020)
Note: Order 34-2020 amended Order 25-2020 by permitting indoor children’s play centres to open.
Order 33-2020 – outlined the requirement for non-medical mask use for Grade 4 to 12 students, all staff, and visitors in indoor spaces including on school buses and shared areas such as hallways. (August 31, 2020)
Order 30-2020 – prohibited Misericordia Community Hospital’s staff members and contracted providers from delivering in-person services at another health care facility for the duration of the outbreak of COVID-19 at the Misericordia (July 14, 2020)
Order 29-2020 – rescinded Order 14-2020 and outlined conditions required to allow visitors to a long-term care, licensed supportive living facility or any residential facility offering hospice services (July 16, 2020).
Order 26-2020 – outlined the mandatory physical distancing requirement of at least 2 metres from every other person who is not a member of the same household or cohort. (June 26, 2020)
Order 25-2020 – outlined permission for Albertans to attend certain locations or places and engage in certain activities where the risk of COVID-19 transmission could be mitigated if persons adhered to public health measures and guidelines. (June 12, 2020)
Previous exemptions and modifications to orders 18-2020 and 19-2020
Order 16-2020 – amended Order 07-2020 to allow the resumption of non-essential health services to Albertans (May 3, 2020)
Order 13-2020 – outlined updated operational and outbreak standards for residential addiction treatment service facilities (April 28, 2020)
Order 11-2020 – required the Calgary Airport Authority and the Edmonton Regional Airports Authority to implement public health measures related to cleaning, disinfecting and physical distancing. It further required the airport authorities to enable passenger screening of travellers returning from international locations. (May 20, 2020)
Order 07-2020 – prohibited gatherings of more than 15 people and new restrictions for close contact businesses, dine-in restaurants and retail services (March 27, 2020)
Previous exemptions and clarifications to Order 07:
Order 02-2020 – prohibited attendance at public recreational facilities, private entertainment facilities, bars and nightclubs, and gatherings of more than 50 people (March 17, 2020)
Previous modifications to Order 02:
Order 01-2020 – prohibited attendance at early childhood service programs, daycares, out-of-school care, preschool programs, post-secondary institutions and other educational settings in Alberta (March 16, 2020)
See fact sheet: Supporting Alberta's forest sector through COVID-19 (June 1, 2020).
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