Brandon vaccination, testing mandates for many city workers kicks in Nov. 1

The City of Brandon is rolling out its own local vaccinationand testing mandates for municipal workers who have direct contact with vulnerable populations starting next week.

City front-line staff working in fire and emergency services, the Brandon Police Service, transit, city cemeteriesand recreation services will have to be double-vaccinated by Nov. 1, or submit to routine testing, the city said in a news release on Monday.

Employees of the Brandon Municipal Airport technically fall under federal jurisdiction and are therefore required to adhere to the federal vaccine mandate. Those mandatestakeeffect on Saturday.

The news comes one week after a provincial deadline took effect that required thousands of publicly-employed workersin health care, education and more to have two shots, or agree to be tested every 48 hours.

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