Public health has confirmed that there is a second positive case of COVID-19 in the Snow Lake area and it is linked to the first case. The second confirmed case is a Hudbay employee who was not symptomatic while at work and both individuals are currently self-isolating, reads an Oct. 22 statement from Hudbay and the Town of Snow Lake. Two new cases each have been reported in the The Pas/OCN/Kelsey health district, with another two cases found in the Thompson/Mystery Lake district and another two cases marked as unknown district. Thompson has now reported 25 cases of COVID-19 - 12 of those cases are still active, while the remaining 13 are now considered recovered. There are currently 45 active cases of COVID-19 in northern Manitoba.
Nearly 1,900 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began, 30 of whom tested positive in the last week of January.
WINNIPEG Nearly 50 more of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted COVID-19. According to the province’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report from Jan. 17 to 23, 1,845 health workers have contracted the disease since the beginning of the pandemic. This is 48 more cases than in the province’s previous surveillance report. The report notes that two of these health-care workers have died and 1,808 have recovered from the disease. The report shows that 57.7 per cent of these workers are allied health and support staff, 28.7 per cent are nurses/licensed practical nurses, 3.8 per cent are physicians/physicians in training, and 2.1 per cent are first responders. For 7.6 per cent of these cases, their occupation has not been identified.
With Manitoba s only vaccine supersites set up in its two largest cities, rural health-care staff must use sick days or vacation time if they want to get the vaccine during work hours.
These are cautious changes. They are changes we are making to ensure that we can continue to protect and safeguard Manitoba lives. Today is a day of hope. It s a day of optimism, because unlike every other jurisdiction in North America, Manitobans have managed to bend the COVID-19 curve, said Pallister. It is also a day to realize that, as we are able to do this, it will only be sustainable for us if we continue to do our duty and we continue to do the right things - then we will earn the chance to have more days like this as we move forward. We earned this day and Manitobans now have the opportunity to earn more days like it in the future.