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Campers, anglers and beach goers seeking some sunshine and reprieve can also get a shot of protection against COVID-19 at Manitoba parks over the next two weeks.
Campers, anglers and beach goers seeking some sunshine and reprieve can also get a shot of protection against COVID-19 at Manitoba parks over the next two weeks.
Campers, anglers and beach goers seeking some sunshine and reprieve can also get a shot of protection against COVID-19 at Manitoba parks over the next two weeks.
The province’s COVID-19 vaccine task force is deploying pop-up clinics to provincial, national and private campgrounds and beaches in an effort to offer vaccines to Manitobans taking advantage of the outdoors.
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The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) say they want answers after an Indigenous woman died last month from COVID-19 just moments before she was to be airlifted out of province for care, and they want First Nations representatives involved in any investigation of the incident.
Krystal Mousseau, a 31-year old mother of two from the Ebb and Flow First Nation, died on May 25 during an attempt to transport her from Brandon to Ottawa to receive care for COVID-19.
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WINNIPEG Nearly two dozen of Manitoba’s health-care workers tested positive for COVID-19 in the span of one week. According to the province’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, a total of 1,898 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted the disease since the pandemic began. This is 23 more workers than the province reported the week before. The report shows that 1,876 of these health-care workers have recovered, and two have died from COVID-19. Of these nearly 1,900 workers, 1,105 are allied heath, health professionals and support staff, 535 are nurses/licensed practical nurses, 71 are physicians/physicians in training, and 39 are first responders. The occupations of 148 of the health-care workers are not identified.
Nearly 1,900 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began, 30 of whom tested positive in the last week of January.
WINNIPEG Nearly 50 more of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted COVID-19. According to the province’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report from Jan. 17 to 23, 1,845 health workers have contracted the disease since the beginning of the pandemic. This is 48 more cases than in the province’s previous surveillance report. The report notes that two of these health-care workers have died and 1,808 have recovered from the disease. The report shows that 57.7 per cent of these workers are allied health and support staff, 28.7 per cent are nurses/licensed practical nurses, 3.8 per cent are physicians/physicians in training, and 2.1 per cent are first responders. For 7.6 per cent of these cases, their occupation has not been identified.