COVID-19.In a brief social media post on his personal Facebook page, Mayor Brandon Burley says the novel coronavirus has hit his home.“For anyone who says ‘COVID is just a cold’ I can confirm it’s not, in no way whatsoever,” he wrote.“Tests came back positive in our house, and I feel like I’m dead or dying 23 hours a day.
Take this serious folks! Dont worry, you wont see us before it’s safe.”Burley told Global News he was too ill for an interview but confirmed his diagnosis and said he was having trouble forming words.Burley was elected mayor of the southern Manitoba city in 2018.