(Government of Manitoba/Supplied)
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The province says that they have the ability to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine quickly, yet over 5,000 doses remain unclaimed.
A limited set of criteria has been released of who will receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, focussing on those on the front line of COVID-19 healthcare. No other anticipated priority groups for the Pfizer vaccine have been released as the province is only releasing the list of those eligible as vaccines become available. During a Wednesday press conference, Premier Brian Pallister says he expects age will be a factor in the groups.
In total, 5,165 people have been immunized using the Pfizer vaccine. Manitoba has received 22,230 doses of this company s vaccine.
Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 18
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 01/06/2021 at 3:57 pm
The Manitoba government is providing an overview of its plans for using the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and a forecast of inventory levels in the weeks and months ahead. A more accurate picture can be provided now that shipments of vaccine are more predictable and the first super site has launched.
To date, Manitoba has received a total of 22,230 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, which includes approximately 7,000 doses delivered yesterday. As of this morning, 5,165 people have been immunized using the Pfizer vaccine. There are currently about 17,000 doses of Pfizer in the province, which will be used for the remainder of this week’s immunizations (5,250) as well as the 6,650 appointments for first- and second-dose immunizations that will be scheduled at the super site next week.
2020 novel coronavirus bulletin – 291
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 12/20/2020 at 12:37 pm
The current five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 12.2 per cent provincially and 11.4 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on December 12, 2020, 229 new cases of the virus have been identified, which brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 22,859.
Public health officials advise 13 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
a female in her 50s from the Northern health region;
a female in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at the Grandview Personal Care Home in Grandview;
a male in his 90s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region,
By Matthew Dekker
Dec 20, 2020 6:54 PM
Public health officials advise 13 additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today, including:
• a female in her 50s from the Northern health region;
• a female in her 80s from the Prairie Mountain Health region, linked to an outbreak at the Grandview Personal Care Home in Grandview;
• a male in his 90s from the Southern Health-Santé Sud region,
• a male in his 30s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at St. Amant;
• a female in her 40s from the Winnipeg health region;
• a female in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region, linked to an outbreak at Holy Family Home;