COVID-19 vaccinations in his community.Manitoba saw more than 100 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday — the first triple-digit result in weeks — and the majority were in the Southern Health region, where Winkler is located, and where vaccination rates are lower than in other parts of the province.
COVID-19 controlled in Manitoba for now, but cases could skyrocket without intervention: Atwal Mayor Martin Harder told 680 CJOB a punitive approach to the non-vaccinated isn’t working in his city, and he’d like to see more positive messaging.“I think I would use a lot more testimonials of people that are vaccinated — maybe acknowledge the fact that they are still subject to receiving COVID… but that the severity is significantly lower,” he said.“I.