Winnipeg’s mayor is taking aim at local residents who seem to think they’re immune to the COVID-19 pandemic and are continuing to flout social distancing guidelines.
Brian Bowman said people out playing soccer — referring to a tweet that appears to show a large group playing a match at Gordon Bell High School on Monday — and gathering despite warnings are putting public safety at risk.
Looks like a big non-physical distancing soccer game happening at Gordon Bell on Portage Avenue. pic.twitter.com/3pU9f6oGwL — Brent Bellamy (@brent_bellamy) April 7, 2020 “I would take the recommendations from Manitoba Health and the public health orders deadly serious,” the mayor told 680 CJOB. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest