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Dr. Brent Roussin says Manitoba has three new cases of COVID-19 for a provincial total of 224. 11 people are hospitalized with five in the ICU. 76 people are listed as recovered, and the number of deaths remains at 3. #glbwpg
"These last few days have seen relatively few new cases being reported," Dr. Roussin says. Doesn& #39;t want Manitobans to ease off social distancing because of this, saying our efforts are what& #39;s keeping the numbers down. #glbwpg
Symptomatic police officers and firefighters are now being added to the list of people being tested for the virus. #glbwpg
Public health officials issued their first health order to a tattoo parlour in Brandon yesterday. No fines were handed. #glbwpg
Dr. Roussin says while Manitoba& #39;s new cases have been low in recent days, other jurisdictions are seeing deaths and hundreds of new cases a day. #glbwpg
"We cannot now get together for family dinners," Dr. Roussin says. "Stay home." Notes staying home doesn& #39;t mean going to the cottage, going to a faith gathering or taking the family out for activities. #glbwpg
Dr. Roussin says he& #39;s aware the social distancing measures are challenging -- especially right now -- but says they& #39;re paying dividends. Urges Manitobans to keep going on physical distancing to keep those case numbers down. #glbwpg
Dr. Roussin says you shouldn& #39;t look to see if there& #39;s a case of COVID-19 in your community to take the social distancing measures seriously -- you should be doing it regardless. #glbwpg
Lanette Siragusa, provincial lead on health system integration, is speaking now. Says they& #39;re working on guidelines for the "safe extended use" of personal protective equipment to help manage supply (which has been impacted by disruption to the supply chain). #glbwpg
Siragusa says Canada Goose is ramping up PPE for frontline workers in Manitoba -- including making 100,000 reusable medical gowns for healthcare workers. #glbwpg
The average wait time for Health Links has been between 12 minutes and 28 minutes over the last week (we haven& #39;t had those numbers for a while -- 12 minutes being the lowest average and 28 minutes the highest average). #glbwpg
Several of the province& #39;s testing centres for COVID-19 will be closed tomorrow on Good Friday. Others will be open with reduced hours over the long weekend, while some will be open regular hours. #glbwpg
