Alberta's chief medical officer of health is apologizing for failing to release public health data used to justify controversial changes in the province's pandemic response. Hinshaw said it has taken longer than expected to compile the report, due to ongoing changes in Alberta's COVID-19 response. "It's on me that I set out a timeline that wasn't realistic based on the additional workload that came up last week," Hinshaw said. When it comes to imposing public health measures that come with health impacts of their own, that's something that cases alone don't justify. "When it comes to imposing public health measures that come with health impacts of their own, that's something that cases alone don't justify."

Source: CBC News August 19, 2021 16:18 UTC