Designated front-line public servants in Manitoba who aren’t fully vaccinated will need to undergo regular rapid COVID-19 testing.
This new health order comes into effect on October 18th.
The province says this applies to:
- health-care workers
- school personnel
- licensed child-care facility personnel
- public servants who regularly have direct and ongoing or prolonged direct contact with vulnerable populations
- child and family service personnel
- funded agency personnel direct contact with vulnerable populations
- home care workers
- paramedics.
This builds on the rapid testing for employees in personal care homes that was launched in 2020, and the Fast Pass sites in the school system that was launched earlier this year.
The new public health order doesn’t apply to the private sector, not-for-profit sector or organizations that may choose to enact their own vaccination or testing requirements.
