Manitoba Health officials say they will no longer be notifying close contacts of people who have tested positive for COVID-19. It will now be the responsibility of the person who tested positive to reach out to their close contacts.
Due to the expected increase in cases and contacts with the emergence of the Omicron variant, public health believes the numbers will surpass their resources.
They still plan on doing contact tracing in certain situations, such as outbreaks in schools and care homes, but the focus of resources will be shifted to the provinces vaccination campaign.
