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Around 400 new nursing seats with an initial cost of $7.5 million will be created. Also, the province is launching a new program that will provide financial and process support to internationally educated nurses (IENs) looking to become licensed in Manitoba, Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson said in a press conference on Thursday.
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“Our government is committed to ensuring Manitoba has a strong nursing workforce now and into the future,” Stefanson said. “Increasing the number of nursing seats and supporting IENs’ pathway to licensing will accelerate the entry of students and internationally educated nurses into nursing professions, and will increase the number of nurses in Manitoba who can staff our hospitals and health-care clinics.”
Second-dose COVID-19 appointment bookings start May 21
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 05/20/2021 at 11:00 am Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead of the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, at a recent vaccination briefing.
The province has announced that Manitobans with specific medical conditions can begin to book second-dose COVID-19 vaccine appointments starting May 21, 2021.
“As more vaccine is scheduled to arrive in Manitoba, we can begin to book second doses, starting with people with specific medical conditions that put them at greater risk,” said Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson. “We are in a race against this virus, and I encourage people to book their first dose as soon as they can and the second dose as soon as they are eligible.”
Province reaches major milestone, 50 per cent of people 18 and older immunized
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 05/16/2021 at 9:12 am Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead of the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, at a recent COVID-19 briefing.
Manitoba recently reached a major milestone in the largest immunization campaign in the province’s history, as 50 per cent of people aged 18 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
“As our vaccination rollout continues to expand, we will see more and more of these milestones reached,” said Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson. “Again, we can’t thank the teams behind this immunization campaign enough. It requires a true team effort to get something of this scale done so well, from the staff and volunteers at our super sites and pop-up clinics, to those who work behind the scenes to make everything runs smoothly.”
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Manitoba is becoming one of the first jurisdictions in the country to allow young people aged 12 to 17 to book their Pfizer vaccine appointment, with the goal of protecting even more people, families and communities from the third wave of COVID-19.
“Young people have seen the serious effects that COVID-19 has had on their lives, their friendships, families and communities,” said Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson. “They have shown resiliency, kindness and patience throughout the pandemic, and now it is their turn to be part of the COVID-19 response and help protect themselves, their friends and their families. Now that a vaccine has been approved for youth, this is something we can do together – to protect each other and to help take a stand against this virus.”