COVID-19 under the province’s vaccine mandate for front-line workers.The number of direct-care workers who’ve opted against being vaccinated or regularly tested for the virus has been climbing since Monday, when new public health orders requiring many front-line workers in health care, education and child care to be fully vaccinated came into effect.
Manitoba says 158 health-care workers on unpaid leave over COVID-19 testing As has been the case all week, Shared Health said the majority of health-care workers on unpaid leave as of Thursday come from the Southern Health region, where vaccination uptake has been lower than the rest of the province.Officials said 105 of the workers opting to stay home are from the Southern Health district,.