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WINNIPEG Manitoba s health minister said the province hit a COVID-19 vaccination milestone on Saturday. In a news release, Health Minister Heather Stefanson said, as of Saturday, the province has administered more than 200,000 vaccine doses. According to the province s vaccination dashboard, the province also reached its target for daily maximum capacity. The dashboard said the province has the ability to administer 20,918 doses a day. The dashboard said the total number of doses administered is now 204,107 – accounting for 13.4 per cent of Manitobans 18-years-old and older. “This milestone we achieved today is one of many we still hope to achieve thanks to the work of key stakeholders, health providers, as well as the leadership of our First Nations partners,” Johanu Botha, operations lead of the Vaccination Implementation Task Force, said in a news release.
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The situation is critical and we have to act quickly, he said, adding he expects hospitalizations to spike in those cities in the coming days.
The announcement comes a day after Legault had warned that tighter pandemic rules could be imposed in five regions where he said people were flouting public health measures.
Four of those regions Quebec City, the Outaouais area across the river from Ottawa, Chaudiere-Appalaches and Bas-St-Laurent will also be moving to the more stringent red pandemic alert level from the orange level.
The Quebec premier said he is not ruling out additional restrictions in other regions should the situation there worsen in the near future.
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