“The Covid-19 updates will move to a technical briefing format,” Premier David Burt said, explaining that “we will be switching to a new, more technical format for updates going forward, which will not include myself or the Minister of Health on a regular basis.”
Speaking at last night’s [Aug 12] press conference, Premier Burt said, “Tonight’s press conference will be the final regularly scheduled press conference attended by the Minister of Health and myself in this current format.
“Following tonight, the Covid-19 updates will move to a technical briefing format, with public officers from Health and other relevant departments providing the public and their representatives in the media with the essential technical details regarding the coronavirus.
“If there are major announcements and changes to policies to be made, they will be made by Ministers, but standard updates will be given by the technical officers in the future.”
“This will be the final regularly scheduled Covid-19 press conference and that we will be switching to a new, more technical format for updates going forward, which will not include myself or the Minister of Health on a regular basis,” the Premier said.
