Depending on a person’s exposure (i.e. contact with an ill person or recent travel outside of Manitoba) and/or symptoms of COVID-19, they may be advised to self-monitor for symptoms and/or self-isolate.

To self-monitor for symptoms means to record your temperature twice daily as well as monitor your general well being to see if/when other symptoms develop (cough, sore throat, runny nose, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing).

To self-isolate means staying home and keeping away from other people. This means not attending all activities/gatherings outside of the home, including work, school, university, health care and long-term care facilities, faith-based facilities (e.g., churches, mosques, etc.), grocery stores, restaurants and shopping malls. Click here for a factsheet on self-isolation:

Fact sheet: Self-isolation

What do I do while waiting for my COVID-19 test results?