Manitoba says 158 health-care workers on unpaid leave over COVID-19 testing Manitoba requires mask use in all indoor public places under its COVID-19 public health orders.The orders spell out some exemptions, such as temporarily removing a mask to eat or drink, to give a speech or to receive a service that requires the mask to be off.Last weekend, three Manitoba cabinet ministers and a Winnipeg city councillor were seen in pictures on social media without masks and standing alongside other people at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.They later said they were sorry.“For the most part, that mask should be on.