COVID-19: Updates for Regina and area for March 25, 2020

REGINA -- This is the latest news on COVID-19 in Regina and area for March 25:

Sask. COVID-19 update:

Saskatchewan has announced 14 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the provincial total to 86.

Business closures:

The province announced the closures of many types of retail stores on Wednesday.

• COVID-19: Here's what the province has named critical public services
• Here's a list of businesses that have to stop providing public-facing services in Sask.

New toll-free public line:

A new toll-free line is available to Saskatchewan residents who have non-health related questions.

• Provincial line: 1-855-559-5502
• Regina line: 306-787-8539

Flights with cases of COVID-19

The province has provided a list of more than a dozen flights with passengers who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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  FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, The Associated Press reported on a video circulating online incorrectly asserting that man in Wuhan, China, was sanitizing his apartment with alcohol when the air conditioner came on and caused an explosion and fire. The fire captured on video was the result of a cigarette that was improperly put out on a comforter. The comforter then ignited and was placed on a balcony where nearby debris caught fire in Chongqing, China, a city hundreds of miles away from Wuhan. (NIAID-RML via AP)