WINNIPEG Manitoba s Vaccine Implementation Task Force, along with the First Nations Pandemic Response Co-ordination Team (PRCT), announced its vaccination plan for First Nations in Manitoba Monday afternoon. First Nations have received 5,300 doses of the Moderna vaccine and those vials have been sent to all 63 First Nations in Manitoba. The shots will be used on health-care workers in remote or isolated communities, residents and staff of personal care homes or Elder Care facilities, people aged 60 or older in remote and isolated communities, and people aged 70 or older in non-remote areas. Health officials also said another shipment of Moderna, which will total another 5,300 doses, will arrive in mid-to late-February and those will be used as the second doses.
WINNIPEG Manitoba’s COVID-19 vaccine plan is officially out, listing the priority for people getting vaccinated. The four-stage plan starts with health-care workers, personal care home residents, and people in Indigenous communities at the front of the line and will grow from there, however, one group that isn t on the list is essential workers. Dr. Joss Reimer, the medical lead of Manitoba’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force, was asked why the task force wouldn’t build a priority list based on those who work higher-risk jobs. Reimer said if she could, she would open the opportunity for every Manitoban to be vaccinated right away.
No vaccine appointments have been cancelled in Manitoba following news that upcoming Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedules will be delayed across Canada,…
Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson announced that no vaccine appointments have been cancelled in Manitoba following news that upcoming Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedules will be delayed across the country.
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The Manitoba government is inviting 900 additional priority health-care workers to book COVID-19 immunization appointments this week following confirmation of Manitoba’s second shipment of the Pfizer vaccine.
“This was a monumental week in Manitoba as the first few hundred doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered to the first priority group of health-care providers, bringing long-awaited hope to many Manitobans and protection for the health-care system,” said Premier, Brian Pallister. “By end of day today, we will have immunized 900 health-care workers on the front line of this pandemic, and as we secure more vaccine supply, we’re able to open up 900 more opportunities for immunization to protect our health-care workers and the Manitobans they care for.”