Doctors, a clinic administrator and an epidemiologist have raised questions over the rationale behind Manitoba's decision to lift the vaccination or testing requirements in place for health-care workers. Those requirements expire Tuesday.
A convoy of people protesting COVID-19 restrictions on a southern Manitoba highway has stalled traffic in the vicinity of the local hospital and caused potentially dangerous situations, some residents say.
Some doctors and advocates for people with disabilities are repeating calls for a provincial triage protocol to guide decisions over who should get life-saving care in the event of hospital staff or equipment shortages.
Rural doctors in the region with the lowest vaccination rates in the province are bracing for hospital surges and staff shortages as the Omicron variant takes off in southern Manitoba.