As Manitoba struggles to manage the country's highest per-capita COVID-19 infection rate, Premier Brian Pallister is defending his government's handling of the pandemic. Although "there's always room for hindsight," the premier said he doesn't believe the province waited too long to increase public health restrictions banning people from having guests in their homes and businesses from selling non-essential wares. (Austin Grabish/CBC)The premier's comments on contact tracing have also left some questions unanswered. Pallister told Barton, in the interview conducted Friday, that there were no delays in the province tracing contacts of people who tested positive for the virus. The latest round of restrictions came into effect on Nov. 12, when all of Manitoba was moved to the red — or critical — level of its pandemic response system.

Source: CBC News November 22, 2020 17:57 UTC