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It is anticipated that younger COVID-19 patients will have a longer length of stay in hospital than older patients, which could increase the risk of hospital resources becoming overwhelmed, Atwal said.
Health officials reported 491 new cases Friday and no new deaths. Manitoba has the second-highest per capita rate of new infections among provinces, behind Alberta, according to data collected by the federal government.
There were also a record 67 people in intensive care with COVID-19 on Friday. The province had a capacity of 72 ICU beds for all types of patients before the pandemic and has been scrambling to expand and keep up with rising demand.
Our saving grace, if you will, has been this incredibly robust Pfizer supply into the future, said Johanu Botha, co-lead of the province s vaccination effort. An upcoming shipment of Moderna has also allowed the effort to speed up, he added.
The extra supplies, and a growing number of sites where people can get vaccinated, means all Manitobans will be able to get their second dose by the end of July, Botha said.
The province also announced a change in its plan for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Due to both uncertain supply and concerns about rare blood clots, AstraZeneca will no longer be used for first doses, except in a small number of cases in which people might have trouble getting access to other vaccines. Supplies will be reserved as second doses for people who received AstraZeneca initially.
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B.C. s mining industry, long a vociferous critic of the NDP, is watching the polls and accepting a new government may take power in May next year.
Talk about the New Democrat spectre came from sources ranging from Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger, to the president of the Association of Mineral Exploration B.C. and everyday miners and prospectors - all gathered Tuesday at a major Kamloops mining conference.
Gavin Dirom, president of the Association of Mineral Exploration told about 500 people gathered at Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre the industry is alive to the fact it may be pressing its issues to an NDP government in 2013.