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16.09.2020 / 15:15

COVID-19 is ‘Russian roulette of viruses’, says Manitoba woman who recovered

coronavirus she was surprised, she says, because she’d been limiting her exposure outside the home during the pandemic.Rebecca, whose last name isn’t being used to protect her family’s privacy, told 680 CJOB she’d followed all of the public health measures but still picked up the disease.“I’m the only one who had left the house. My husband was recovering from surgery, and my two kids were home, and we were specifically doing that to try our best not to get it,” she said.“The only places I had been were work — and nobody at my work had it — and I had been at the grocery store three times and gone for gas once.

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Brandon ‘waking up to new reality’ Monday morning with increased coronavirus restrictions

coronavirus measures as of Monday morning as the region moved into a restricted level of pandemic response.The tightened health and safety measures are meant to combat the spread of the virus after an increased number of COVID-19 cases in and around the Brandon area in recent weeks.Masks are now mandatory in all public indoor places, as well as all indoor and outdoor gatherings in the area, and public gatherings of any kind have been restricted to 10 people.Kris Desjarlais, Brandon’s deputy mayor, told 680 CJOB he hopes residents will comply with the changes without any need for additional enforcement.“Hopefully people recognize that we are in this together — and in spite of what your beliefs are around the threat and the severity of the

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Brandon region frustrated by tighter COVID-19 restrictions, but willing to do what it takes

COVID-19 in the Brandon area has resulted in the Province of Manitoba imposing tighter measures on the Prairie Mountain health region.Brandon’s mayor says it’s a frustrating situation for his community — but one he’s confident the city will have under control soon.“We’re not thrilled to be in this position,” Mayor Rick Chrest told 680 CJOB.“The province has monitored this very closely. All along, as a municipality, we very carefully and deliberately followed the guidelines and the orders of Dr.

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Manitoba premier to discuss province’s ongoing reopening plans amid coronavirus Wednesday

novel coronavirus at a Wednesday press conference.Brian Pallister is scheduled to speak to media at 1 p.m. from a hotel in Brandon, where COVID-19 outbreak has grown to at least 64 active cases over the last few days.

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Manitoba reports 4 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, new testing site opening in Brandon

novel coronavirus Tuesday and say a second testing site is opening in Brandon where a recent uptick in positive tests has led to long lines at the city’s lone testing facility.Of the new lab-confirmed and probable cases three are in the Prairie Mountain Health region — a woman in her 20s and two men in their 30s — and the fourth is a man in his 20s living in Winnipeg.

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Manitoba’s top doc, health minister to give update on province’s coronavirus situation Monday

COVID-19 Monday.The 1 p.m. press conference comes as Manitoba is seeing an uptick in positive testing for the virus, including 35 new cases reported Sunday and 16 reported on Saturday.Global News will stream the event live in this story.

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Manitoba reports 17 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, more cases identified at Brandon pork plant

novel coronavirus Friday after further cases were identified at Brandon’s Maple Leaf pork processing plant earlier in the day.Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief public health officer confirmed reporting from the union representing workers at the Brandon Maple Leaf plant that said four more employees have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Health officials to give coronavirus update as new cases identified at Manitoba Maple Leaf plant

novel coronavirus Thursday after more cases are confirmed at the Maple Leaf plant in Brandon.The union representing workers at the meat-processing facility is calling on the company to cease production after three new cases were confirmed Thursday morning, bringing the total number of infected employees identified this week to four. Coronavirus case confirmed at Maple Leaf plant in Brandon, 2 new cases reported Wednesday “UFCW 832 is now calling for Maple Leaf to cease production until Monday, August 10, at the earliest.

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Coronavirus case confirmed at Maple Leaf plant in Brandon, 2 new cases reported Wednesday

novel coronavirus were reported in Manitoba Wednesday, as Maple Leaf confirmed an employee at its meat processing plant in Brandon tested positive for the virus over the weekend.In a statement to Global News, Maple Leaf said the employee had not been to work since passing a daily, mandatory health screen on July 28. The company said the employee wasn’t exhibiting symptoms that day.

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Coronavirus: Face masks to be mandatory at Brandon, Man. airport

Brandon Municipal Airport will need to have a face mask on hand.They will become mandatory in the airport terminal as of Friday, July 10, airport officials posted online this week.This comes as more passengers start to fly, which is making it harder for people to practise physical distancing in the confined space.

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Crews sequestered 24-7 at Brandon water treatment plant amid COVID-19

The City of Brandon is sequestering a crew of workers at its water treatment plant in an effort to ensure the community has clean drinking water throughout the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Coronavirus: City of Brandon looks at deferring property taxes during COVID-19

The City of Brandon may give Brandonites a break on their taxes during the COVID-19 crisis.

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