Student in The Pas first northerner to test positive for COVID-19 variant
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A high school student in The Pas has been identified as the first case of a coronavirus variant in northern Manitoba.
A high school student in The Pas has been identified as the first case of a coronavirus variant in northern Manitoba.
The student attends Margaret Barbour Collegiate, which was informed by the province Monday that a student had tested positive, but had likely not contracted COVID-19 at the school.
The school learned the student had attended an in-person class prior to being tested, Margaret Barbour principal Kathi McConnell-Hore said Wednesday.