Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Monday – CBC

Nova Scotia officials to hold briefing after 165 new cases of COVID-19 reported Sunday

May 10, 2021

Manitoba is closing classrooms in it’s two largest cities as the province’s top doctor says more needs to be done to slow community spread of COVID-19 and “break these transmission chains.”

Manitoba on Sunday reported 531 new cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths, all linked to the B117 variant first identified in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer, said Sunday that while schools have done an “excellent” job protecting staff and students, officials are seeing “a great deal of community transmission right now.”

Students from kindergarten through to Grade 12 in Winnipeg and Brandon will move to remote learning as of Wednesday — and will stay out of class until May 30. Schools in the rest of the province remain open, but face tight protocols aimed at clamping down on COVID-19.

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