WINNIPEG Manitoba reached a vaccination milestone on Saturday, with 100,000 doses administered, according to Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson. The milestone comes one year this month after the first Manitoban died from the virus and three months removed from the start of the vaccination campaign that began on December 16 of last year. The first vaccination clinic was for healthcare workers and took place at the University of Manitoba s Bannatyne campus. Health Science Centre physician Brian Penner got the first shot. I m very fortunate and it s a luck of the draw as to how I got here and it was not expected, said Penner at the time.
Manitoba premier tours Winnipeg convention centre set to become COVID-19 immunization super site
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister spent his first afternoon of 2021 touring the COVID-19 immunization super site that s opening in downtown Winnipeg Friday.
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The RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg became Manitoba s first COVID-19 immunization super site on Jan. 4.(The Canadian Press/John Woods)
Manitoba public health officials say 490 more people received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, and one person had an "adverse reaction," according to a news release issued on Christmas Eve.
Manitoba wastes a few drops of COVID-19 vaccine during first days of immunizations
Manitoba was forced to waste a small quantity of COVID-19 vaccine last week because some health-care workers didn t show up for appointments or decided to put off their shots at the last minute.
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Province expanding criteria for Manitoba health-care workers to receive COVID-19 vaccine
The government of Manitoba is expanding the criteria of which front-line health-care workers are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Health-care workers who work directly with patients in critical care units and long-term care facilities who are born on or before Dec. 31 1980, or born on or before Dec. 31, 1962, respectively, can now also get the vaccine.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
The Manitoba government is expanding the criteria for front-line health-care workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
This week, 900 more workers are eligible to be immunized, but there are still about 300 appointments left, the province said in a news release on Sunday morning.