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June 2, 2021
Eligibility for second doses has been expanded to include individuals who received their first dose on or before April 20. Additionally, all Indigenous people in Manitoba and individuals with specific health conditions are also eligible to book their second dose, as long as they meet the minimum time interval between doses.
May 27, 2021
WHYY By Philadelphia’s Health Center #1 at Broad and Lombard streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) The City of Philadelphia has released an update on an investigation into a data breach that left some employee email accounts accessible to unauthorized individuals. The incident, initially identified in March 2020, was the result of an employee’s email account that was exposed due to a phishing attack. The breach impacted people receiving services from the Department of Behavioral Health and Intel...
May 24, 2021
Thursday, May 27, 1 p.m. Rethinking Mental Health Care will present an honest critique of the nation’s mental health care shortcomings, while highlighting tangible solutions and models for improving access and quality of care. Hosted by Kimberly Adams of Marketplace, this special program will allow guests to deep dive into failures, challenges and opportunities, while also allowing people to question mental health experts to ground the issues in matters most pressing to the public. This will ...
May 19, 2021
Brandon Sun Posted: Advertisement Manitobans will be able to start booking their second COVID-19 vaccinations appointments as of Friday. That announcement was made during a Wednesday morning vaccine technical briefing by Johanu Botha, the provinces vaccine implementation co-lead. The province had originally announced that second doses would start to be booked no later than May 22. Friday is one day before that deadline. Instead of taking an ag...
May 15, 2021
Rethinking Mental Health Care presents an honest critique of the nation’s mental health care shortcomings, while highlighting tangible solutions and models for improving access and quality of care. Hosted by Kimberly Adams of Marketplace, this two-part format allows guests to deep dive into failures, challenges and opportunities, while also allowing people to question mental health experts to ground the issues in matters most pressing to the public. This is a candid, solutions-or...
May 15, 2021
No new deaths reported from COVID-19 in province Posted: Advertisement The province reported no new deaths today from COVID-19. The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 11.8 per cent provincially and 14.2 per cent in Winnipeg. There were 491 new cases of the virus identified. Two cases were removed due to data correction, bringing the net-new number of cases today to 489. Lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba are now 44,189. The following i...
May 12, 2021
There were no deaths from COVID-19 reported on Tuesday by the province. However, Brandon saw 100 act...
May 11, 2021
Article content For the second time this week and fifth time since last Wednesday, Manitoba has dropped the eligibility age to be immunized for COVID-19 at a supersite or pop-up clinic with more good news on the vaccination front coming soon The province expanded its eligibility to include individuals aged 24 and up on Tuesday and Premier Brian Pallister announced during question period at the Manitoba Legislature that it would drop again to 18 and up on Wednesday. We apologize, but this video ...
May 11, 2021
homeless shelters, family violence shelters, emergency placement shelters and second stage housing, and congregate group care settings in Community Living disABILITY Services or the child and family services sector. Manitoba Families is identifying eligible staff and contacting them directly to schedule appointments). Those looking to book can do so online or by calling 1-844-MAN-VACC (1-844-626-8222). As of Monday, 565,219 doses of vaccine have been administered, with most of those ...
May 11, 2021
Manitoba drops COVID-19 vaccine eligibility age to 24 Tuesday â and 18 the next day, premier says Manitoba will drop the age of eligibility for a COVID-19 vaccine to 18 and older tomorrow, Premier Brian Pallister said in question period on Tuesday. Social Sharing