WINNIPEG For the first time in more than four months, there have been no daily deaths related to COVID-19 reported, though officials identified a new case of the B.1.1.7 variant in Manitoba. In the daily bulletin released on Tuesday, the province said the total number of B.1.1.7. variant cases identified in Manitoba is now five. A provincial spokesperson told CTV News the new variant case is from Winnipeg and is related to international travel. The flights in January with links to variants of concern, which are posted online, include: LH470 from Frankfurt to Toronto, rows 39-45, on January 19,2021 AC271 from Toronto to Winnipeg, rows 13- 19, on January 19, 2021
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Manitoba has confirmed five cases of the B.1.1.7 variant through genomic sequencing. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune files)
A fifth case of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant has been found in Manitoba as public-health officials reported 76 new cases and two new outbreaks at health-care facilities.
A fifth case of the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant has been found in Manitoba as public-health officials reported 76 new cases and two new outbreaks at health-care facilities.
In a news release Tuesday, officials said there were no new deaths related to COVID-19; the last time Manitoba reported no COVID-19 deaths was Oct. 20.
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Personal care home staff with no symptoms of COVID-19 could soon get testing anyway following the success of a recent pilot project.
Personal care home staff with no symptoms of COVID-19 could soon get testing anyway following the success of a recent pilot project.
The pilot project rapid testing for the novel coronavirus was completed over four weeks starting in mid-December at three personal care homes. It will now be offered to other facilities in the province. So far almost 40 care homes have taken up the offer. The fast identification of a positive test result enables the quickest possible action for the facility and the province, said Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson in a statement on Monday.
WINNIPEG A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a unit in the St. Boniface hospital, along with another personal care home and long-term care facility. On Thursday the province reported an outbreak on the E5 Medicine Unit at the St. Boniface Hospital. It is one of 17 outbreaks currently ongoing in Manitoba health-care facilities. The province also reported outbreaks at the Calvary Place personal care home and Deer Lodge Centre in Winnipeg. All three sites have been moved to the red or critical level on the province s pandemic response system. A number of outbreaks ended on Thursday as well. The outbreaks at Bridgepark Manor, an assisted living facility in Steinbach, Buhler Active Living Centre in Winkler, and Grace Hospital units 2 South and 3 North in Winnipeg, were all declared over.