16 March 2020 – All educational institutions closed

Type of Intervention: Executive Order
Sectors Involved: Education
Intervention Categories: Social and physical distancing measures; Adapting or closing schools
Level of Jurisdiction: Alberta
Lead People/Agency: Chief Medical Officer of Health

Overview: Order 01-2020 was implemented to prohibit the attendance of individuals to early childhood services programs, daycare, out-of-school care, preschool, post-secondary and any other educational settings in Alberta. This intervention was targeted at families with children, university students and the education sector to lessen the impact of COVID-19 in Alberta by preventing its spread.
Full details here: https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/d7e19190-89ac-4383-b148-76aafe905e69/resource/441334a7-5fbb-4230-ab2b-61751064d23e/download/health-cmoh-record-fof-decision-cmoh-01-2020.pdf

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Type of Justification: No justification given