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As the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic and as cases surged in Europe on Wednesday, no cases were present in Saskatchewan.

But, there has been a considerable spike in the number of people getting tested in this province.

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As of Tuesday, there had been 204 people tested and all but two have come back negative for COVID-19. The two outlying results are still pending but as of Wednesday neither had been confirmed positive for the new coronavirus and were not considered presumptive.

The declaration of COVID-19 being a pandemic will do little to change the province’s plan with respect to how it will proceed according to Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province’s chief medical health officer.

“It was something that was being expected for quite a while,” said Shahab.

In Saskatoon this week, people from all over Canada will travel to the Bridge City for Sunday’s JUNO awards. Shahab said the city, province and federal government have worked to assess the risk of holding the event and deemed it safe.