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04.11.2021 / 22:09

COVID-19 infections in southern Manitoba drive biggest single-day case jump since June

COVID-19 case counts in Manitoba’s Southern Health region led the province to record its largest single-day jump in new infections since June on Thursday.Health officials say 154 new cases of the virus have been identified, with the largest number — 70 infections — reported in the Southern Health district.Another 21 infections were reported in the Northern Health region, 33 were found in the Winnipeg Health region, and 15 each were found in both the Prairie Mountain Health region and Interlake-Eastern Health region.

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COVID-19: More Manitoba health-care workers take unpaid leave, some home care services disrupted

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.

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Manitoba says 158 health-care workers on unpaid leave over COVID-19 testing

COVID-19, with more than half coming from the Southern Health region.In a statement Wednesday, Shared Health said the numbers were current to the end of the day Tuesday.

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Frustrations abound in southern Manitoba as new COVID-19 restrictions to begin

New Manitoba COVID-19 health orders target unvaccinated, Southern Health district Goertzen, also the MLA for Steinbach, which is in the Southern Health district, continues to encourage a softer touch with vaccine-hesitant people, and said a hard sell from the government or health officials likely won’t change any minds.“It really is a personal discussion. It’s with somebody that you trust.

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Large Thanksgiving with vaxxed guests or small gathering with unvaxxed guest?

COVID-19 rules target gatherings involving unvaccinated people.The new public health orders, which go into effect Tuesday, Oct. 5, mean some families will have to decide between a large Thanksgiving dinner with a fully vaccinated group or a smaller turkey dinner with an unvaccinated guest.Luckily, Gerald McMillan won’t have to make that call as everyone on his guest list has already had two shots.“Everybody’s double vaccinated, everybody’s raring to go,” he said.

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Manitoba reports 78 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

COVID-19 cases and no new deaths linked to the virus.The latest cases bring Manitoba’s active case count to 712, including 401 confirmed to be the more contagious variants of concern.

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New Manitoba COVID-19 health orders target unvaccinated, Southern Health district

COVID-19 public health orders targeting those who are eligible for the vaccine but aren’t yet vaccinated, and areas of the province where vaccine uptake is low.Under the new orders, which go into effect Tuesday, Oct. 5, indoor household gatherings will be limited to guests from one other household when any unvaccinated person who is eligible for the shots is on the property.

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Unvaccinated make up majority of Manitoba’s 31 new COVID-19 cases, officials say

COVID-19 Friday and say the unvaccinated make up the vast majority of the new infections.Twenty-six of the new cases were unvaccinated, officials said, including 13 of the 14 cases reported from the Southern Health region, where vaccination rates have been much lower than the rest of the province.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0