Mask mandate in schools to end March 15
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Mask use will no longer be mandated in Manitoba schools as of March 15.
The province made the announcement in an email late Friday.
“Effective March 15, masks will no longer be required in indoor places, this includes schools and child care facilities. As mask requirements are removed, it is important to note that anyone can continue to choose to wear masks, based on their individual risk and personal preference,” the email says.
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society responded by saying it’s too soon to remove the mask mandate.
It said it believes that masks “should continue to be provided as they have been an important part of mitigating risk over the past two years.”
Masks “add a prudent and effective layer of protection against an unpredictable virus. Many Manitobans are immunocompromised and rely on all of us for protection.”
The end of pandemic restrictions and a return to normal needs to proceed “with the utmost caution, guided by science. The medical community continues to advocate for masks as a measure that reduces risk. For this reason, the society feels that lifting the mask mandate is premature,” the society says.
Earlier this week, Premier Heather Stefanson said we are in a transition period in the pandemic response and Manitobans want to move on.
“By all means, people can still wear masks if they want to, businesses can still require proof of vaccine if they want to,” Stefanson said. “It’s going to take a little while to get used to this.”
The province has announced self-isolation rules for people who contract COVID-19 will be removed as of March 15. Instead, it will only recommend people self-isolate.
Also as of March 15, the province will stop COVID-19 case investigations. They’ll still notify people who test positive, but won’t try to figure out how they contracted the virus or who they might have transmitted it to.