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After two waves of COVID and far too many deaths to count due to isolation, you’d think the provincial government would get it that unfettered access by family caregivers to their loved ones in long-term care homes and other congregate care settings is not just important, but essential.
Yet there are homes that allow access to caregivers while others are saying if they “feel it is unsafe” they don’t have to let families in.
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Posted: Feb 22, 2021 9:03 PM CT | Last Updated: February 23
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. visited Pimicikamak, also known as Cross Lake First Nation, last weekend to assess how best to help the COVID-19 outbreak there.(Submitted by David Monias)
A First Nation in northern Manitoba will be receiving military aid to battle its COVID-19 outbreak, the community s chief told CBC News.
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces visited Pimicikamak, also known as Cross Lake First Nation, last weekend to assess how best to help the COVID-19 outbreak there.
On Monday, Chief David Monias told CBC News via text message that 25 armed forces personnel will be dispatched to the First Nation of about 8,000 people, located about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
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