A number of Manitoba dentists attended an early March dentistry conference in Vancouver now linked to about 20 cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia and about a dozen more cases outside of that province.
The Manitoba Dental Association could not confirm the exact number of Manitoba dentists who attended the conference, but the association took immediate steps to alert its members of their potential exposure, MDA president Dr.
Marc Mollot said in a phone interview. The MDA was contacted by British Columbia public health officials and Manitoba Health after authorities learned a person with COVID-19 had attended the conference, said Mollot — the MDA is the legislative body that regulates dentists and dental assistants in the province.