WINNIPEG Members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) are now providing support at an isolation site in Winnipeg. According to an update from CAF, two multi-purpose medical assistance teams (MMATS), made up of nursing officers and medical technicians, are helping provincial staff at a Shared Health Manitoba Alternative Isolation Accommodation (AIA) site. These teams are helping health authorities by providing medical care and support for four weeks. On Friday, CTV News Winnipeg reported that the military had landed in Manitoba to help with the province’s COVID-19 fight. According to Shared Health, AIA locations provide readily available and safe isolation locations for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 or who have been identified as a close contact of a COVID-19 case, but don’t have a place to complete their required self-isolation period.
WINNIPEG Members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) touched down in Winnipeg on Friday to help support the province s ongoing struggle with COVID-19. In a statement to CTV News Winnipeg, the military said the Royal Canadian Air Force s 436 Squadron and the Aeromedical Evacuation Flight arrived Friday morning. The plane is part of Operation LASER, which aims to support the transfer of COVID-19 patients to other medical facilities, like out-of-province hospitals. The unit will use a CC-130J and a specially-designed isolation unit that fits inside the plane to transfer several COVID-19 patients at once. The troops deployment comes after the Manitoba government requested help to alleviate the pressure on the Manitoba health-care system due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
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Manitoba health officials gave the province an early Christmas gift of sorts Dec. 21 - the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in almost two months. The province reported 166 net new cases of COVID-19 on the shortest day of the year, including 25 cases within the Northern Health Region. Four deaths were reported Monday due to COVID-19, each from southern Manitoba communities. article continues below
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