'We're looking at a restriction-free Manitoba by spring': Province taking first step to completely remove restrictions
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The Manitoba government is taking a "cautious" step toward reducing public health orders in the province with the goal of having no restrictions by the spring.
The Manitoba government is taking a "cautious" step toward reducing public health orders in the province with the goal of having no restrictions by the spring.
Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer, and Premier Heather Stefanson announced new orders are scheduled to come into effect on Feb. 8 and will be in place until Feb. 22.
Officials said the changes are being made because the COVID-19 situation is stabilizing or improving.
"As this week has passed we see that many of those indicators continue to be stable or trending in the right direction and so we are getting a better understanding of where we are in this wave," said Roussin.
Stefanson said if COVID data continues to trend in the right direction, restrictions will continue to be loosened over the next several weeks and months.
"Situation permitting and based off of what the data is telling us at the time, we will be looking to remove a significant amount of capacity limits and restrictions," said Stefanson. "Later this spring we hope to be in a position of relaxing nearly all restrictions and moving to recommendations."
Roussin also reiterated the premier's comments about the end goal of the restrictions.
