COVID-19: Manitoba Premier Announces Support for Businesses – May 10, 2021
In Winnipeg, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister provides an update on his government’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic. The premier announces an extension of the Manitoba Bridge Grant, which will provide small- and medium-sized businesses and organizations with a one-time payment of $5,000 to help them go through the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This amount will be $7,000 for restaurants. (no interpretation)
Health officials announced on Mother s Day that students in kindergarten to Grade 12 in Winnipeg and Brandon would begin remote learning on Wednesday. Infections in the province s two largest cities have surged in recent weeks.
There were 498 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and four more deaths linked to the virus. Health officials have said 20 per cent of active cases are in school-aged children.
The province also reduced the age of vaccine eligibility to 30 and to 18 and over for Indigenous people.
Pallister said proactive decisions by the province delayed the pandemic s third wave, but he added it is now in the province and having a larger effect on younger people.