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Health Minister Cameron Friesen said a pilot project will start Dec. 21 at three long-term care facilities. (This) will expand the asymptomatic testing that is already underway in personal care homes by testing staff who do not have any symptoms, and is the first step in plans for an expansion of this work to other sites in the weeks ahead, Friesen said in a statement Thursday afternoon.
The first three homes to benefit from enhanced screening are Donwood Manor and Deer Lodge Centre in Winnipeg and Country Meadows in Neepawa. The pilot will run for four weeks.
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Manitoba s chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin announed nine more deaths on Tuesday. A total of 508 people in the province have died from COVID-19 so far. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Manitoba has suffered more than 500 deaths due to COVID-19 thus far in the pandemic, as nine more seniors have succumbed to the disease.
Manitoba has suffered more than 500 deaths due to COVID-19 thus far in the pandemic, as nine more seniors have succumbed to the disease.
On Tuesday, the province reported the deaths of nine more Manitobans; six were linked to an outbreak at a personal care home. So far, 508 people have died due to COVID-19 in the province.