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Tests show virus cases in health-care workers unvaccinated staff

Government mandated COVID-19 tests for unvaccinated public sector employees caught six infections among health-care workers in the first two weeks of the province’s screening program.
Winnipeg Free Press ·
Six COVID-19 cases have been identified through rapid testing of health-care employees since Oct. 18. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)

Government mandated COVID-19 tests for unvaccinated public sector employees caught six infections among health-care workers in the first two weeks of the province's screening program.

Since the public health order requiring tests for unvaccinated front-line public sector workers came into force on Oct. 18, six health-care staff had a positive rapid test result, which was later confirmed using a PCR test, a spokesman for Shared Health said.

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