Education, health leaders to speak about COVID-19 tracing in Manitoba schools at 3 p.m. CT
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As Manitoba students prepare to head back into classrooms next week, amid a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, education leaders and the province's public health chief are set to speak this afternoon about contact tracing in schools.
Education Minister Cliff Cullen, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin and deputy education minister Dana Rudy will speak at a news conference on Zoom at 3 p.m. CT. CBC News will stream the news conference live.
This comes as students are about to wrap up a one-week period of remote learning, meant to give new infections over the holidays time to develop symptoms.
Schools have been giving out rapid antigen tests to families that wanted them, with the hope of catching any cases that haven't yet shown symptoms before they come to class.
It follows Premier Heather Stefanson's announcement Wednesday that people in Manitoba must "learn to live with" the coronavirus, and that the province would be shifting its focus away from trying to prevent its spread.
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