SHA warns of increased COVID-19 exposure risk at Diva's Nightclub in Saskatoon

The Saskatchewan Health Authority says one person or possibly multiple people attended Diva's Nightclub in Saskatoon while infectious with COVID-19. 

The risk of exposure took place between 11 p.m. on July 31 and 3 a.m. CST on Aug. 1. 

This is not the first nightclub to be at risk of an outbreak in recent weeks. Last week the health authority warned that people who attended Pink Nightclub in Saskatoon on July 24 at 10 p.m. to July 25 at 3 a.m. CST were likely exposed to COVID-19. 

The SHA says anyone in attendance at Diva's Nightclub the night of July 31 should seek testing for COVID-19 immediately.

If people in attendance were fully vaccinated and received their second dose on or before July 16, they do not need to self-isolate. However, they must self-monitor for symptoms until Aug. 15. If symptoms develop, they must immediately self-isolate and get tested. 

The health authority reminded people in a press release Monday that COVID-19 and its variants are still present in Saskatchewan. Following public health guidance is particularly important for those who are unvaccinated, or have received only one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, said the SHA. 

On Monday, Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health reported that new COVID-19 cases and serious outcomes from those cases are overwhelmingly among unvaccinated people. 

In a news release, the ministry stated that more than 90 per cent of all new cases and hospitalizations in July were unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people. 

July's numbers indicate that about a third of Saskatchewan's cases were in people 19 years of age or under, and about 20 per cent were under the age of 12.