These new pandemic rules apply to all Manitobans. Here's how they will affect your Thanksgiving
CBC
New rules are coming into effect across Manitoba aimed at preventing transmission of COVID-19 and more transmissible coronavirus variants.
The province is doing that in two ways — by limiting capacity in businesses in the Southern Health Region where mask use and vaccine uptake is lower, and limiting gathering sizes across the rest of the province if an unvaccinated person is in your midst.
The rules come into effect before Thanksgiving this weekend and Halloween in a few weeks, and as cases have begun a worrying rise, particularly in the south of the province.
Last year, a number of cases were linked to Thanksgiving and other gatherings where people ignored public health orders.
This Thanksgiving, you may have to ask your guests to bring their vaccine cards along with cranberry sauce.
Here are answers to some common questions about the new public health orders, which come into effect on Tuesday.
First of all, your guest list may have to change if even one of the people invited has chosen not to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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