At least 915 Manitoba health-care workers off sick with COVID-19 over holidays

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Over the winter holiday, more than 900 health-care workers in Manitoba tested positive for COVID-19, Shared Health says.

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Over the winter holiday, more than 900 health-care workers in Manitoba tested positive for COVID-19, Shared Health says.

Between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1, 915 staff in the health-care system became ill, including 194 nurses or nurses in training and 29 doctors or doctors in training, a spokesperson said in an email. The remaining people are allied health workers, EMS and support staff.

Of those cases, 46 have been connected to outbreaks.

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The number of health-care workers off sick because of COVID-19 more than doubled over the holidays. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Mikaela MacKenzie/Winnipeg Free Press (file) The number of health-care workers off sick because of COVID-19 more than doubled over the holidays. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press files)

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