NewsAlert: Manitoba closing schools Monday due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 13, 2020 | 12:47 PM
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says it is closing schools for three weeks because of COVID-19.
Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen says classes will be suspended starting Monday.
He says the decision was made for the health and well-being of all Manitobans.
He says officials want to stay ahead of the virus that has caused a world-wide pandemic.
Manitoba is dealing with three presumptive cases of COVID-19, all of which appear to be travel-related.
The Canadian Press