COVID-19 Wednesday.Deputy chief provincial public health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal will be joined by vaccine task force lead, Dr.
Joss Reimer, and Shared Health’s Monika Warren at a 10 a.m. press conference. Manitoba doctors warn healthcare system straining under increasing COVID-19 numbers Global News will stream the event live in this story.The media availability comes a day after Doctors Manitoba president Dr.
Kristjan Thompson warned the province’s health-care system is “very close to being on the brink” due to a backlog caused by the pandemic.The backlog is now estimated to be at more than 150,000 cases by the group that represents physicians across the province.Doctors Manitoba has been calling on the province to set up a task force to.