UCP Health Minister Jason Copping announced the province is scrapping the requirement for Alberta Health Services workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or take part in regular rapid testing.

All school requirements; capacity limits at large venues; operating restrictions on restaurants and bars; all social gathering limits; and mandatory work-from-home requirements will all be lifted.

The injunction application asks that the mask mandate remain in place in schools until March 1, and argues the sudden end of the mandate infringes on the charter rights of immunocompromised children.

Faculty members from UAlberta School of Public Health, saying it could prolong the pandemic, are voicing strong opposition to the UCP's rapid relaxation of COVID-19 health measures in the province.

Some doctors are urging the province not to remove measures prematurely as Premier Jason Kenney said that Albertans can expect to see an announcement this week that will scrap some restrictions.

Calgary's ambulances and hospitals are so stressed this week that patients normally cared for by paramedics were handed off to hospital staff in the hallways, so EMS crews could get back to 911 calls.

Many parents concerned and frustrated about unclear instructions from the Alberta government on how it plans to contain a surge in COVID-19 infections in classrooms caused by the Omicron variant.

Students will return to in-person learning on Monday without all shipments of rapid tests and only medical-grade masks. No HEPA filters. No N95 masks. No carbon dioxide monitors. No contact tracing.

The UCP is shortening the isolation period to 5 days for some individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and a loophole will allow workers to return to their jobs even if they are still infectious.