Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Education minister and premier say one-week delay in resuming in-person classes will give schools time to prepare for additional challenges of hosting students amidst higher infection risk posed by the rapidly spreading omicron COVID-19 variant.

Provincial government introduces changes in effort to get people to reduce amount of contacts they have as omicron variant begins to establish a foothold in Manitoba.

Friday was the second straight day of more than 200 new cases of the coronavirus in the province as health officials warn about the potential impact of the omicron variant.

Northern Manitoba has had 115 positive tests for the coronavirus in the first five days of December.

Death of a man in his 40s from the province’s north was reported to the provincial government Nov. 30.

Children nine and under are the age group with the most active cases in First Nations right now.

12 deaths from four health regions over the past three days announced Nov. 24, but none were residents of Northern Manitoba.

Moderna submitted a request to Health Canada Nov 16 for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six to 11 years old.

There are about 125,000 Manitoba children in this age group and 15,000 vaccination appointments for 5- to 11-year-olds had already been booked by early afternoon Nov. 22.

The province’s north appears to have a high number of breakthrough infections, with only five of Monday’s new cases affecting people who are not fully vaccinated.