Manitoba is sending patients to Fargo, N.D., and a privately-run clinic in Winnipeg to ease a growing backlog of diagnostic and surgical procedures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Manitoba is sending patients to Fargo, N.D., and a privately-run clinic in Winnipeg to ease a growing backlog of diagnostic and surgical procedures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Four initiatives were announced by a provincial task force and Health Minister Audrey Gordon Wednesday afternoon.

Doctors Manitoba, which has pressed the government for solutions, said the backlog has surpassed 153,000 procedures.