COVID-19 case numbers and test positivity rates are on the rise across the province as Manitoba enters a fourth wave, and it’s showing signs in some northern First Nations communities as well.Mathias Colomb Cree Nation went into level red on the province’s pandemic response system Thursday.
Residents can only leave home for essential reasons with exceptions for fishing and hunting.On Friday, the small northern community had 90 active cases.
It’s a similar scenario in Norway House Cree Nation, which had 70 active cases as of Friday. Remote Indigenous communities working with feds on mandatory COVID-19 vaccine exemptions Dr.