News - COVID-19

Public health officials advise the current five-day test positivity rate is 0.83 per cent and 18 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified over the weekend as of 9:30am on July 20, 2020. The total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba is now 354.

Public health officials are advising that potential exposure to COVID-19 may have occurred from a case that attended several locations while symptomatic.

Public health officials advise that the current five-day test positivity rate is 0.43 per cent and five new cases of COVID-19 have been identified as of 9:30am on July 17, 2020. The total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba is now 336.

Public health officials advise the current five-day test positivity rate is 0.16 per cent and one new case of COVID-19 has been identified as of 9:30am on July 16, 2020. The total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba is now 331.

As part of #RestartMB, Manitoba’s roadmap to recovery, the Manitoba government is expanding its ‘Back to Work’ wage subsidy program and providing additional financial support for businesses to bring more Manitobans back.

Public health officials advise the current five-day test positivity rate is 0.16 per cent and no new cases of COVID-19 have been identified as of 9:30am on July 15, 2020. The total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba is now 330.

The Manitoba government will extend the provincewide state of emergency under The Emergency Measures Act to continue to protect the health and safety of all Manitobans and reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Public health officials advise five new cases of COVID-19 have been identified as of 9:30am on July 14, 2020. The total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba is now 330.

Public health officials advise no new cases of COVID-19 have been identified as of 9:30am on July 13, 2020. The total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba remains at 325.

The Director and CEO of VIDO-InterVac suggests the technology exists to create vaccines in anticipation of the next pandemic.