Dr. Brent Roussin and Premier Brian Pallister are hopeful that Manitobans will step up with the latest provincial health orders.

As Manitobans receive the strictest public health orders yet, Pallister and Roussin are confident in Manitobans. The pair say the majority of Manitobans have been following public health's advice.

"I think the majority of Manitobans have been stepping up right from the beginning and I think they know very well they stepped up because they know how important this is," Roussin says.

Pallister says those who have been following advice have saved lives.

"For heaven's sakes, don't show up at a maskless rally and try to think that your rights are more important than someone else's right to breathe, because they aren't."

Pallister is a fan of asking Manitobans to join "Team Manitoba" in following public health advice.

"Those folks will have the satisfaction of knowing when we come through this together as Manitobans they did not kill somebody. They did not cause tremendous hardship and misery and hurt for families. They did not cause those problems to happen."

Pallister says that is "reason enough" to follow the restrictions, stressing every Manitoban needs to understand the importance of keeping others safe.

"It has never been more important. Our numbers right now, our ICUs are getting full, our hospitals are getting full, so we are at that critical juncture," Roussin says.  "To all those people that been compliant all this time, thank you. You are helping people around you, but it has never been more critical for us to continue to follow these."

Roussin says that it is not too late to get on board and follow the public health orders.

roussinThe Chief Public Health Officer says the clear message is to stay home. (Screenshot: Government of Manitoba/YouTube)

"You have options right now to protect yourself and to protect people around you. If you have not been able to adhere at all or in complete fashion to the orders, you can start today."

The doctor says that Manitobans can immediately start staying home with their households and leaving only for the essentials. 

"It is never too late to get back on board and everyone can do their part."

Pallister says that those "faulting the rules" need to consider the repercussions.

"How are you going to feel in a month from now when you find that as a consequence of your being (at the protest in Steinbach) you got COVID and gave it to somebody else, some other innocent person?" Pallister asks.

"If you are taking personal responsibility for your own health that is great, but understand the true impact here of other people on other people of your behaviour. The consequences could be fatal."

He is asking people to "do the right thing."

"For heaven's sakes, don't show up at a maskless rally and try to think that your rights are more important than someone else's right to breathe, because they aren't."