Update to Manitoba health orders coming Friday

Manitoba will make an update to its public health orders on Friday.

Manitoba will make an update to its public health orders on Friday.

Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen said on Thursday that Premier Heather Stefanson and Dr. Brent Roussin, the province’s chief provincial public health officer, will talk about the orders tomorrow.

The province said they will be available at 10:30 a.m.

“As you know, they’re coming up for renewal, and Dr. Roussin talked about targets that he had in terms of lifting restrictions and updates, and they will provide you an update on the further loosening of restrictions,” Goertzen said.

Manitoba’s current public health orders took effect on Tuesday and are in effect until Feb. 22.

They include:

In addition, workplaces are no longer required to report positive cases to public health.