COVID-19 News Archive
![Alumna Helen Clark](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Helen-Clark-edit-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Emergency Liaison
March 23, 2021 —
In January 2020, Helen Clark was about to travel to New York as part of an international initiative to improve Winnipeg’s 911 system when she heard about a virus in China that would dominate her work for the year ahead.
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Now you can recycle masks and other personal protective equipment
March 23, 2021 —
New PPD recycling bins to discard disposable masks and other disposable PPE items that cannot or should not be worn anymore
![Dr. Deanna Santer, wearing a white lab coat and a surgical mask, sits in front of a microscope.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/UMToday_-Santer-150x150.png)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM immunologist applies interferon expertise to COVID-19
March 22, 2021 —
New UM faculty member Dr. Deanna Santer is analyzing blood from COVID-19 patients who were treated with synthetic interferon lambda in a Toronto clinical trial.
![Fort Garry campus.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/campus_aerial_WEB-150x150.jpg)
President Benarroch’s update on Fall Term
March 17, 2021 —
Fall Term 2021 will include more in-person instruction
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UM Together: Reflecting on a year of COVID-19
March 17, 2021 —
On Tuesday, March 23, the university community is invited to come together virtually
![A woman in a yellow shirt and a blue and orange head scarf works on a laptop in her lap.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Arch_CityPlan_054_resize-150x150.jpg)
Students
$30 million distributed to support UM students during 2019-20 academic year
March 16, 2021 —
Financial Aid a key part of responding to the needs of students during the pandemic
![Next to UMSU University Centre, looking east towards UM Admin building on Fort Garry campus.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-04-07-e1586284406642-150x150.jpg)
Marking one year since the WHO declared a global pandemic
March 11, 2021 —
President’s message to faculty and staff on anniversary of remote operations
![Students in masks on UM's Fort Garry campus.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/masked_students_UMcampus-150x150.jpg)
Students
What a year we’ve had
March 11, 2021 —
President’s message to students on one-year anniversary of COVID recovery operations
![Lost medical mask laing in the grass.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/lost-pandemic-150x150.jpg)
Libraries
Remembering the COVID-19 pandemic
March 9, 2021 —
Royal Society report on a digital preservation challenge
![Patient speaks with a doctor via video chat on a laptop.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Virtual-Health-Care-Canva-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM study examines impact of virtual health care
March 9, 2021 —
University of Manitoba researchers are conducting a study to assess the impact that the rapid switch to virtual health-care delivery in the province during the COVID-19 pandemic has had on patients and health-care workers.