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Manitoba has released its priority list outlining who will be eligible to receive the AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD vaccine doses in Manitoba.

All Manitobans could get first shot by mid-May By: Colin Slark Johanu Botha, co-lead, Vaccine Implementation Task Force said Friday that the new vaccine strategy will not change how many doses the province is receiving or the province’s daily maximum capacity for administering doses. (Winnipeg Free Press) In Manitoba’s new best-case scenario, everyone in the province who wants to be vaccinated could get their first COVID-19 shot by May 18. A...

Vaccination teams will begin visiting First Nations communities in Manitoba in mid-March, public hea...

Plans underway to expand COVID-19 vaccine delivery based on community prioritization index Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Posted on 03/05/2021 at 11:00 am Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead of Manitobas Vaccine Implementation Task Force, at COVID-19 vaccination briefing. Widespread first-dose COVID-19 immunizations will begin in First Nation communities throughout the province, Northern Affairs communities and remote northern municipalities in mid-March. “We know First Nations people in Mani...

Following British Columbia’s lead as well as advice from the National Advisory Committee on Im...

Dr. Joss Reimer, the medical lead for the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, said Manitoba will be delaying the administration of the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

  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...

  WINNIPEG -- Manitobans born on or before Dec. 31, 1926 are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination. Dr. Joss Reimer, the medical lead of the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, said Wednesday she is very excited to announce the news. The Vaccination Implementation Task Force is sticking with its plan to start with the oldest people first. First Nations people born on or before Dec. 31, 1946, are also now eligible to book appointments. The number to call is 1-844-626-8222. To book an a...

Brandon Sun By: Michele LeTourneau, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Posted: Dr. Marcia Anderson, public health lead for First Nation Pandemic Response Co-ordination Team, speaks during the First Nations COVID-19 immunization update media conference held at the Manitoba Legislative Building on Wednesday afternoon. (Winnipeg Free Press) People 95 and older, as well as First Nations people 75 and old...

More than 7,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to First Nations people living in Manitoba, according to a new First Nations vaccine dashboard released on Wednesday by the Manitoba First Nation Pandemic Response Coordination Team (PRCT) and Manitoba’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force.