With the vaccine in short supply in Manitoba, the doctor in charge of the province s vaccine task force is trying to ease people s minds about vaccine waste.
WINNIPEG The province of Manitoba is planning to ramp up its vaccine capacity to deliver 20,000 doses per day in the second quarter of 2021. During a technical briefing on Wednesday, Johanu Botha, the co-lead of Manitoba’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force, said the province is preparing to bolster its vaccine rollout. Botha said the province is expecting to have a significant increase in vaccine supply. He said the province is getting ready to be able to deliver 1.5 million doses in the second quarter. Botha said this is a shift from the 100,000 doses expected to be delivered in the first quarter. To achieve the 1.5 million doses, capacity will be increased to administer doses to 20,000 people each day.
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Paul Beauregard will remain with the civil service as a technical officer at the deputy minister level.
A powerful provincial civil servant has been handed a different role as he transitions out of government.
A powerful provincial civil servant has been handed a different role as he transitions out of government.
Paul Beauregard s appointment as treasury board secretary was revoked last week, according to a Jan. 26 cabinet order. He will remain with the civil service as a technical officer at the deputy minister level.
For months, the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba has been reporting alarming COVID-19 numbers. There are a reported 2,780 cases of COVID-19 in First Nations people, while the province reports 3,466 active cases overall. Long before the pandemic arrived in the province, it was predicted First Nations would be hit hard. This has come to pass. First Nations make up more than 50 per cent of COVID cases in Manitoba. Dr. Marcia Anderson, public health lead for the Manitoba First Nation Pandemic Response and Co-ordination Team, joined Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for Manitoba’s Vaccination Implementation Task Force, on Monday to address these facts.
Doctors break down Manitoba First Nations COVID numbers
February 2, 2021 Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
For months, the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba has been reporting alarming COVID-19 numbers.
There are a reported 2,780 cases of COVID-19 in First Nations people, while the province reports 3,466 active cases overall.
Finally, yesterday, the provincial government and the secretariat got together to speak to Manitobans.
Long before the pandemic arrived in the province, it was predicted First Nations would be hit hard. This has come to pass.
First Nations make up more than 50 per cent of COVID cases in Manitoba.
Dr. Marcia Anderson, public health lead for the Manitoba First Nation Pandemic Response and Co-ordination Team, joined Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for Manitoba’s Vaccination Implementation Task Force, on Monday to address these facts.