The city is scheduled to give an update to Winnipeggers about its ongoing response to the COVID-19 outbreak Tuesday afternoon.
Mayor Brian Bowman and Jason Shaw, head of the city’s emergency operations centre are scheduled to speak at a press conference from city hall at 3 p.m.
Global News will endeavor to stream the press conference live in this story. Earlier in the day on Tuesday Manitoba health officials said seven more people have contracted the novel coronavirus, bringing the province’s total to 103 of Tuesday afternoon.
At its last COVID-19 update Friday, the city announced it would close city-owned playgrounds, suspend all permits for special events and forego parking tickets for time-limit violations on residential streets during