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Winnipeg Free Press By: Nathan Clark
Opinion
Friday marks the anniversary of a significant and unfortunate milestone in Manitoba.
March 12, 2020 – the day when the province’s first COVID-19 case was announced – is a day many of us remember well. I know I do.
As special assistant to Manitoba’s health minister, I had expected this day was coming for quite some time. It was inevitable. The pandemic was already wreaking havoc in Ontario. In British Columbia’s Lower Mainland, officials were scrambling to combat an outbreak at the Lynn Valley Care Home. Our teams had prepped speaking notes weeks ahead of time for Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer, and then-health minister Cameron Friesen. Despite the strong warnings from public health officials and the province’s top politicos, COVID-19 was bound to be detected in Manitoba whether we liked it or not.
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A year of new words, worries, and rules began one year ago when Manitoba had its first confirmed COVID-19 case on March 12, 2020. In the midst of closures and loss, there was also plenty of good on display.
The first cases of the novel coronavirus were in Wuhan, China where the World Health Organization learnt of the viral pneumonia in December. The world was watching but it would be months before Manitoba saw a case.
January 2020
Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba s Chief Public Health Officer, held his first COVID-19 press conference on January 23, 2020, in a meeting room. He was relatively unknown at the time, especially to the general public. Sitting in front of a room of reporters, Roussin did not have much information to go on, as the virus was still new to the world.
Care home plan promises more inspections, review of licensing standards after deadly outbreak
A team will review standards for licensing personal care homes and create a plan for pandemics as part of the implementation of recommendations coming out of the review of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Maples Personal Care Home, the provincial government says.
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Posted: Mar 05, 2021 3:14 PM CT | Last Updated: March 6
A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the Maples Long Term Care Home on Oct. 20.(Lyzaville Sale/CBC)
A Manitoba woman, whose father died during the COVID-19 outbreak at the Maples Personal Care Home, is forming a volunteer task force to hold the government accountable.