Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 75
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Eligibility
Eligibility to be immunized at a super site or pop-up clinic has been expanded to include individuals aged 40 or older and Indigenous people aged 18 and older.
In addition, all adults aged 18 and older who live or work in specified jobs in these priority communities continue to be eligible to make an appointment:
Prairie Mountain Health – Brandon East End and Brandon Downtown;
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority – Inkster West, Fort Garry South, Seven Oaks West, Downtown East, Point Douglas South, Inkster East, Point Douglas North, Downtown West, River East South, St. Vital North and Seven Oaks East; and
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Those 40-years-old and older in Manitoba are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Doctors Manitoba says they are excited to see the Province of Manitoba pilot a new vaccination rollout. Previously clinics could only give the AstraZeneca vaccine, but some locations have been selected to give out mRNA vaccines. This is something we ve advocated for from the start, because we know that doctors can help reach more Manitobans, more quickly, to get us to herd immunity sooner, Doctors Manitoba tweets.
We re very excited that @MBGov is piloting the use of mRNA vaccines in doctors offices!
This is something we ve advocated for from the start, because we know that doctors can help reach more Manitobans, more quickly, to get us to herd immunity sooner. pic.twitter.com/MbMfz3J7IL
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Johanu Botha, co-lead of the vaccine task force. The province is reviewing the approval and considering vaccinating everyone in Manitoba, 12 years of age and up with appointment bookings starting May 21. (File)
On the heels of Health Canada’s approval for the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, the province is reviewing the approval and considering vaccinating everyone in Manitoba, 12 years of age and up with appointment bookings starting May 21.
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On the heels of Health Canada’s approval for the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, the province is reviewing the approval and considering vaccinating everyone in Manitoba, 12 years of age and up with appointment bookings starting May 21.
Eligibility to be immunized at a super site or pop-up clinic has been expanded to include individuals aged 45 or older and Indigenous people aged 18 and older. Manitoba expects that eligibility will expand to include all people aged 18 or older by May 21.
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COVID enforcement officers handed out 58 tickets last week, their highest total in months.
This includes 42 $1,296 tickets of which, 33 were for gatherings in private residences, which have been banned in the last set of health orders. The other nine were for a failure to self-isolate.
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The province issued 20 tickets for a gathering at The Forks on April 25 and have followed up with two tickets at a rally in Winkler this past Saturday and four tickets at a rally at the Winnipeg Law Courts on Monday. The rally in front of the courts was related to an eight-day hearing as seven churches challenge the health orders which have had churches shut down or under restricted capacities for much of the last 14 months. These fines will be included in next week’s report.