Be careful how long you stand in a lineup to get into a store, says Cynthia Carr of EPI Research in Winnipeg.

As Manitoba's COVID-19 case count continues to rise — including another record-setting day Thursday — infectious disease experts are raising alarm bells.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says it sent a five-person team of health officials for an in-person review of the Parkview Place care home, which is currently under critical-level restrictions after more than 80 cases and 11 deaths.

The individual testing sites have different processes based on their physical layout, their patient volumes, and whether they are drive-thru or walk-in.

A Winnipeg gynecologist is encouraging women not to forgo their reproductive health during the pandemic.

A total of 18 new positive COVID-19 tests have been identified by Manitoba health officials Tuesday, half of which are in the Winnipeg area.

"We've seen cases now in three provinces. Manitobans travel like everybody else," said the province's former chief public health officer.

Some surgeries may be moved to other health facilities, but emergency, elective, cancer, and cardiac surgeries will still be proceeding as usual.

While the good news is Winnipeggers are living longer, generally, a WRHA report found a huge disparity from neighbourhood to neighbourhood.

Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is promising to cut taxes, hire more health-care workers and boost its crime-fighting efforts in the coming year.