Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman announced Wednesday he would wait until after council has met on Friday for a decision on whether a state of emergency will be called in the city.

Council is set to hold a special meeting to consider options for property and business tax relief measures and the mayor said it is at this meeting that a motion to declare a local state of emergency will be considered.

Meanwhile, asked about the flood forecast for the city of Winnipeg and the 57 properties that have been put on notice, Jason Shaw, the assistant chief of Winnipeg’s emergency management, said the city has been working with the province to develop a plan for delivering sandbags and building a sandbag dike using social distancing.

The province of Manitoba confirmed Wednesday it has seen early signs of community transmission and that there were 24 new cases of the novel coronavirus overnight.

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