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The Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre in Thompson is one of five sites around the province working in partnership with the provincial government to help immunize more Indigenous people against COVID-. . .
Posted: Feb 13, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 13
An unlit open sign is seen at a business in the northern city of Thompson, Man., in late January. Some COVID-19 restrictions relaxed in northern Manitoba this week. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)
Cheryl Zaharia is happy to finally get back to work.
The hairstylist was allowed to reopen her salon in The Pas, Cheryl z Hair Den, on Friday, as the province relaxed some COVID-19 restrictions for northern Manitoba.
Southern Manitoba saw some restrictions lift last month including allowing businesses like hairstylists to reopen but an increase in COVID-19 cases in the northern region meant the restrictions stayed in place there until this week.
Posted: Jan 15, 2021 6:59 PM CT | Last Updated: January 16
Of the 191 new cases of COVID-19 reported provincewide in Manitoba on Friday, about 60 per cent (114) were among First Nations people.(Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
First Nations people make up an increasing proportion of COVID-19 cases in the province, one of the physicians leading Manitoba s First Nations Pandemic Response Coordination team said Friday. When we see the numbers that we re seeing right now … we know there s a lot of the virus circulating, Dr. Marcia Anderson said during the team s update via Facebook Live. It becomes more important than ever that we are very diligent with those public health measures.