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Manitoba to budget $1.2 billion to fight COVID-19 in 2021
Manitoba budget will include $50M to tackle pandemic-related surgery backlog: premier The full provincial budget will come down Wednesday.Most of the funding will go to the health care system, the vaccine program, education support and PPE, said Fielding, with $300 million set aside for contingency plans.Estimated amounts this fiscal year include:So far, Manitoba has spent or committed $3.2 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, said Fielding.During the press conference, instead of donning a new pair of shoes, as is tradition for finance ministers, Fielding presented a pair of shoes to Chaturika Mesgun, who works at Cadham Provincial Laboratory.