Royal Alex becomes first Alberta hospital to bring back required masking

Health-care workers, contractors and patients now have to wear masks in some parts of the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. The central Edmonton facility became the first to enact the rules under a new Alberta Health Services directive that came into effect on Thursday. A spokesperson confirmed Friday it is the only hospital to do so, so far. "The decision to implement the directive was made by site leadership, at a site level," Kerry Williamson told CTV News