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Eligibility for second doses has been expanded to include individuals who received their first dose on or before April 25. Manitobans are strongly reminded that only those eligible to book appointments based on the date of their first dose or other provincial criteria should book second-dose appointments at this time.

The Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre in Thompson is one of five sites around the province working in partnership with the provincial government to help immunize more Indigenous people against COVID-. . .

Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 67 Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Eligibility Criteria Front-line police and firefighters are now eligible to make appointments to be vaccinated. Eligibility to be immunized at a super site or pop-up clinic has also been expanded to include individuals aged 50 or older and First Nation people aged 30 or older. Anyone who has been in Manitoba for one month or more can receive the vaccine at no cost if they meet provincial eligibility requirements. Eligibility ...

Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 66 Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Posted on 04/19/2021 at 1:00 pm Eligibility to be immunized at a super site or pop-up clinic has been expanded to include individuals aged 54 or older and First Nation people aged 34 or older. Anyone who has been in Manitoba for one month or more can receive the vaccine at no cost if they meet provincial eligibility requirements. Eligibility for the AstraZeneca/Covishield vaccine is being expanded to include all individuals a...

Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 65 Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Posted on 04/16/2021 at 1:00 pm Manitoba will be expanding eligibility criteria to include first responders and all adults living in priority communities with the highest risk of the COVID-19 virus including people with specified front-line, public-facing roles in those communities. More details about this approach, including when these individuals can begin booking appointments, will be provided next week. The Manitoba gover...

Eligibility to be immunized at a super site or pop-up clinic includes individuals aged 60 or older and First Nation people aged 40 or older. Anyone who has been in Manitoba for one month or more can receive the vaccine at no cost if they meet provincial eligibility requirements.

Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 62 Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Posted on 04/09/2021 at 1:00 pm Another vaccination super site will soon open to help protect Manitobans from COVID-19. The second super site in Winnipeg will open at the Winnipeg Soccer Federation – Soccer North complex on Leila Avenue as early as May 7. Additional super sites in rural Manitoba will be announced next week. Appointments Appointments are currently available at super sites in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, Selk...

Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 61 Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Posted on 04/07/2021 at 1:00 pm Two telephone towns halls focused on the province’s COVID-19 immunization campaign will be held next week. Participants will include Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson, Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer, and Dr. Joss Reimer and Johanu Botha from the province’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force. A session for rural and northern Manitoba will take place...

  WINNIPEG -- Although Manitoba is still waiting for information on how much supply of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine it will receive, the members of the vaccination task force are making plans for how to administer the vaccine, and who will receive it. During a briefing Wednesday morning, Dr. Joss Reimer, the medical lead of the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, said the first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine could go to people between the ages of 50 and 65 years old. “Within that gr...

Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 33 Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Vaccine Administration To date, 41,817 doses of vaccine have been administered including 32,461 first doses and 9,356 second doses. As of Jan. 31, Manitoba remains second in the country in the number of people who have received two doses of vaccine and are fully protected against COVID-19, at 616 people per 100,000. Focused Immunization Teams (FITs) have now provided a first dose of the vaccine to every personal care home in ...