COVID-19 reopening Wednesday.Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin have scheduled a press conference for 2 p.m. Global News will stream the event live in this story.
Manitoba vax-a-thon organizers on pins and needles, hope for 20K participants Under a reopening plan announced last month, health officials said they would look at gradually loosening restrictions if certain vaccination milestones are hit over the summer, provided daily case numbers and hospitalization rates have also fallen.The first milestone — 70 per cent of Manitobans aged 12 and up having their first dose and 25 per cent having their second — was hit before the July 1 target, and the province loosened some restrictions late last month.Since then the second milestone, 75.