"Manitoba also announced 12 new cases of more contagious coronavirus variants: 11 of the B117 variant first identified in the U.K., and one of the B1351 variant first reported in South Africa."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid-19-update-march-18-1.5954754
Should we be concerned...? Probably...
But, yeah- let's open up and loosen more restrictions...