Manitoba health officials to give live COVID-19 update – Winnipeg
Well being officers in Manitoba will give a dwell replace on their efforts in opposition to COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public well being officer, and Dr. Joss Reimer, chief of the province’s vaccine implementation activity pressure have scheduled an internet convention name with media for 12:30 p.m. International Information will stream the provision dwell on this story.
Manitoba reported 102 new COVID-19 instances and three deaths Tuesday.
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Manitoba reports 102 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths
Since March 2020 the province has reported 62,332 COVID-19 instances.
Questions on COVID-19? Listed below are some issues it’s essential know:
Symptoms can embody fever, cough and issue respiration — similar to a chilly or flu. Some folks can develop a extra extreme sickness. Folks most susceptible to this embody older adults and other people with extreme persistent medical circumstances like coronary heart, lung or kidney illness. In case you develop signs, contact public health authorities.
To prevent the virus from spreading, consultants suggest frequent handwashing and coughing into your sleeve. Additionally they suggest minimizing contact with others, staying house as a lot as potential and sustaining a distance of two metres from different folks in the event you exit. In conditions the place you possibly can’t hold a protected distance from others, public well being officers suggest using a non-medical face masks or masking to forestall spreading the respiratory droplets that may carry the virus. In some provinces and municipalities throughout the nation, masks or face coverings are actually obligatory in indoor public areas.
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