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Masking requirements set to lift in most Manitoba health-care settings

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Most of the masking requirements implemented at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week – May 3, 2023

Most of the masking requirements implemented at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week.

Shared Health, which co-ordinates many health services in the province, says the change will apply to most visitors and patients who are going into acute and long-term care settings.

Monika Warren, the chief operating officer of provincially coordinated health services at Shared Health, says the changes in masking requirements are based on advice from infection experts.

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Workers, visitors and patients will still be required to wear masks in environments with vulnerable groups, including cancer and transplant patients.

Medical masks will still be available at facilities, and health-care workers will still have access to medical masks and N95 respirators.

Some individual health-care clinics may still require people to wear masks indoors.

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