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Schools in both Brandon and Winnipeg are shifting back to primarily remote learning on Wednesday.
The change is expected to remain in place until May 30, Education Minister Cliff Cullen announced during a Sunday afternoon media briefing.
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Schools in other parts of the province will face other new health measures.
Additional closures and measures will be considered as new circumstances come forward, chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin said. We need to act now to break these transmission chains, he said, adding the change comes with some reluctance. We want to keep as many children in school as we can … and that’s why we’ve always wanted the schools to be the last place to close and the first to open.
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Momentum grows for closing gaps in U.S. vaccine requirements
Joining thousands gathered outside the State Capitol, opponents of a bill to repeal Connecticut s religious exemption for required school vaccinations marches down Capitol Avenue before the State Senate voted on legislation, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. A law adopted this week in Connecticut adds momentum to the push to strengthen vaccination requirements for schoolchildren, but efforts to give families more leeway are brewing in statehouses around the country in debates that go back more than a century. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP)