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Manitoba’s current public health orders are being extended for another two weeks with a few tweaks.
Announced Thursday by Premier Brian Pallister and chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin, the current orders, put in place on May 9 and revised last week prior to the long weekend, will remain in place until June 12.
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“While Manitoba’s COVID-19 case counts have somewhat improved over the past few days, our health-care system is still facing critical pressures,” Pallister said. “These new and strengthened orders specifically target gatherings, workplaces and retail establishments.
WINNIPEG While Manitoba continues to have hundreds of new COVID-19 cases each day, not everyone is finding out with a COVID test. Tuesday, the province said nearly half of those currently is hospital with COVID-19 didn’t get tested prior to arriving. Doug Langrell knows firsthand how important testing for COVID is. Doug lost his brother Dennis Langrell to COVID-19 last month, his brother died alone in his apartment at the age of 66. “He was badly congested, he had a bad cold so I said please go get yourself tested,” said Doug. He said his brother already had his first vaccination appointment, and decided not to get the COVID-19 test.
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Health officials say the fear and systemic pressures impacting many Manitoban s pandemic experiences can be met with an understanding of how the fears were created in the first place.
As more Manitobans get second COVID-19 vaccine doses, restrictions will be loosened, starting with those who have received their second dose of the vaccine.
For some, getting the first dose continues to be a difficult decision. The thing that we need to do is to demonstrate empathy. Nobody is choosing to not be vaccinated because they want to do something that is harmful. Everybody makes decisions based on what they think is best for themselves and for their families, Manitoba s COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force s medical lead Dr. Joss Reimer says in a Wednesday press conference.