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It follows a decision last weekend to move schools in Winnipeg and Brandon to remote learning until the end of the month.
Atwal insists being at school is safe it s what s happening outside of school that s a problem. It was everything else that encompassed schools, you know, the act of going to school or the ease of connectivity or interactions between students coming to school or on the way home, and getting together, was driving community transmission, Atwal told a dial-in news conference.
The Red River School Division covers an area south and west of Winnipeg and has 2,300 students. Garden Valley, meanwhile, covers south and central Manitoba.
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Rising case counts mean all schools in the Garden Valley School Division and the Red River School Division will move to remote learning from Tuesday until at least May 30, Education Minister Cliff Cullen said. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Rising COVID-19 case counts have led to 27 more schools in southern Manitoba being closed and the highest number of patients in intensive care during the entire pandemic.
Winnipeg Free Press
Rising COVID-19 case counts have led to 27 more schools in southern Manitoba being closed and the highest number of patients in intensive care during the entire pandemic.
All schools in the Winkler-area Garden Valley School Division and in the Red River Valley School Division will move to remote learning starting Tuesday, officials said Saturday, as they announced 430 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths.
Students in two southern Manitoba school divisions will move to remote learning starting Tuesday as COVID-19 caseloads continue to rise across the province, officials say.