• A Winnipeg man in his 70s
• A Winnipeg man in his 80s
• A Winnipeg woman in her 80s (Seven Oaks General Hospital 5U1-3)
• A Winnipeg man in his 90s (Fred Douglas Lodge)
• A Prairie Mountain woman in her 90s (Fairview PCH)
Outbreaks over:
- Boyne Lodge Personal Care Home, Carman
- Health Science Centre unit GA4, Winnipeg
Proportion of Manitobans fully immunized: 0.4 per cent
Dr. Atwal unsure how far into Saskatchewan and Ontario the border-community exemption will apply.
Atwal: Unknown how communicable new variants will turn out to be.
Atwal: Quarantine may not stop variants from arriving but it should mitigate their spread.
Atwal: Work is being done on a Canada-wide basis on more of a contained entry into the country, where new airport arrivals are required to be tested before heading to a quarantine hotel or other controlled setting.
Manitoba has 102 patients of all sorts in ICU today.
Up one patient.
Winnipeg test-positivity rate: 6.4 per cent.
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- Health care workers not covered in first stage
- People living in congregant settings (migrant workers, people in jails, people in homeless shelters)
- Essential workers (unsure who precisely yet)
Could happen in April if supplies arrive.
Congregant settings will be assessed on basis of age, health needs, the way the facility is set up and income.
Priority list will be set up. Mobile vaccination teams will then go down the list.