The President of the University of Manitoba said in a release today the campus will remain open as they monitor the ongoing situation with the novel coronavirus.
The University will be limiting some on-campus activities to mitigate COVID-19 transmission.
U of M is Manitoba’s largest post-secondary institution, with over 29,000 students and 10,000 full- and part-time faculty and staff.
University-sponsored events of 50 people or more will be canceled or postponed.
Organizers of smaller events will be required to consider alternate ways of doing those events, such as eliminating food service or hosting online versions of events.
This follows news earlier today that a woman from Winnipeg, who recently returned from a trip to the Philipines, is the province's first presumed case of COVID-19.
