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Manitoba considers border, airport checkpoints as more COVID-19 cases linked to non-essential travel
One of Manitoba s top health officials said the province is still mulling whether to bring in border and airport checkpoints, as COVID-19 cases linked to non-essential travel continue to rise.
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So far, 38 variant infections directly linked to travel, including province s 1st P1 case announced Thursday
Posted: Apr 16, 2021 6:17 PM CT | Last Updated: April 16
A sign at the U.S.-Canada border crossing at Emerson, Man., on March 24, 2020, warns returning travellers to stay home for two weeks after their return. Manitoba previously established checkpoints at provincial borders to warn travellers about COVID-19 risks.(Sean Kavanagh/CBC)
Pandemic expected to hamper Manitoba tourism with a 3-year hangover
Manitoba s tourism industry is not expected to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic until 2024, thanks to greatly reduced international visits and a lingering aversion to travel in general, the Conference Board of Canada projects.
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Author of the article: Glen Dawkins
Publishing date: Jan 29, 2021 • January 29, 2021 • 1 minute read • The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing government restrictions on travel resulted in a further drop in passenger traffic i the fourth quarter at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport compared to both the fourth quarter of 2019 and the third quarter of 2020. Photo by Chris Procaylo /Winnipeg Sun
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Winnipeg Richardson International Airport continued to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing government restrictions on travel according to fourth-quarter figures released Friday by the Winnipeg Airports Authority.
There was a further drop in passenger traffic in the last quarter of 2020 compared to both the fourth quarter of 2019 and the third quarter of last year. Passenger traffic dropped 86.6% compared to the same period in 2019 and 27% compared to the previous quarter.
Pride before the fall: Manitoba s pandemic year
The pandemic Manitoba thought it flattened in the spring and eliminated over the summer came back to hobble it in autumn, sickening tens of thousands of and killing hundreds. Here s a brief chronicle of how it happened.
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