2026-05-06 from globalnews.ca

Increased HIV transmission in Manitoba has prompted the province to declare a public health emergency, its chief provincial public health officer announced Thursday.

An estimated 120 cases have been reported provincially in the first quarter of this year, according to Dr. Brent Roussin, though he cautioned that this recent data may have duplicates from people who were tested more than once.

“HIV rates in Manitoba have sharply risen over the last number of years. In 2025, there were 328 new cases reported. If we compare that to 2021, we saw 142 cases that year,” he said.

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