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WINNIPEG -- Manitoba’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is officially underway. It comes nine months after the province’s first confirmed case of the virus and on a day when the province recorded 15 additional deaths and 292 cases. While the vaccines arrival provides a glimmer of hope, health officials caution defensive tactics are still needed to contain the coronavirus. But on Wednesday morning there were cheers and what appeared to be smiles behind masks.  The first doses of the vacc...

Canadas vaccine rollout reached four more provinces on Wednesday, with health-care workers being inoculated against COVID-19 as officials warned hospitals in some areas are nearing a breaking point. Nurses were first in line for the Pfizer-BioNTech shot in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, while Prince Edward Island administered the vaccine first to workers at a long-term care home and Manitoba bestowed the honour on an ICU doctor. "Its an early Christmas present," said Ellen Foley-Vi...

Once or twice every week, Frances Ferguson heads to Health Sciences Centre and carefully pulls on her personal protective equipment, ready for another shift on the front lines as an intensive care unit nurse. In this, she is united with hundreds of health workers across the province who are holding the front line against COVID-19. Once or twice every week, Frances Ferguson heads to Health Sciences Centre and carefully pulls on her personal protective equipment, ready for another shift on the fr...

December 16, 2020 - 4:43 PM The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (All times Eastern): 7:35 p.m. Albertas top doctor says an Edmonton arena is being set up as an alternate hospital with help from the Canadian Red Cross. Chief medical health officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says Alberta Health Services and the national charity are putting 100 patient beds in the Butterdome arena at the University of Alberta. She says it will take a few weeks to set up the site, but there is...

Southern Health nurse among first people to receive COVID-19 vaccine Written by Connor Gerbrandt Wednesday, Dec 16 2020, 12:42 PM Health Sciences Centre Physician Brian Penner was the first person in Manitoba to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Photo credit: John Woods/The Canadian Press Article continues below advertisement ↴ A registered nurse from the Southern Health region was among the first three people in Manitoba to receive a COVID-19 vaccine this morning. “It’s import...

Four more provinces administer their first COVID-19 vaccination shots as cases mount Nicole Thompson Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer JOHN WOODS/The Canadian Press Canada’s vaccine rollout reached four more provinces on Wednesday, with health-care workers being inoculated agains...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 6:32 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 Canadas vaccine rollout reached four more provinces on Wednesday, with health-care workers being inoculated against COVID-19 as officials warned hospitals in some areas are nearing a breaking point. Francesca Paceri, a registered pharmacist technician carefully fills t...

Article content Canada’s vaccine rollout reached four more provinces on Wednesday, with health-care workers being inoculated against COVID-19 as officials warned hospitals in some areas are nearing a breaking point. Nurses were first in line for the Pfizer-BioNTech shot in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, while Prince Edward Island administered the vaccine first to workers at a long-term care home and Manitoba bestowed the honour on an ICU doctor. We apologize, but this video has fa...

WINNIPEG - A doctor who works in internal medicine became the first person in Manitoba to get the COVID-19 vaccine on the same day the province reported 15 more deaths from the novel coronavirus. "We are extremely lucky that we live in Canada, in Manitoba, and that people made huge efforts to get us this vaccine," Dr. Brian Penner said Wednesday after being inoculated about 8:30 a.m. Penner, who works at Winnipegs Health Sciences Centre, said he felt extremely fortunate to get the Pfizer-...

Winnipeg doctor becomes first Manitoban to receive COVID-19 vaccine as province opens first immunization clinic Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Dr. Brian Penner of HSC Winnipeg getting the COVID-19 vaccine. (Province of Manitoba) The Manitoba government launched its first COVID-19 immunization clinic this morning to deliver the life-saving vaccine to the first priority group of health-care providers, Premier Brian Pallister announced today. “Today is a monumental day in Manitoba and a lo...