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Dr. Marcia Anderson (left), the public health lead for the First Nations Pandemic Response Coordination Team and Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for the province’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force, announced at a Friday morning briefing that Indigenous people in Manitoba would be able to start booking their second vaccination appointments as of 11:45 a.m. on Monday. (Screenshot)
Indigenous people in Manitoba will be able to start booking appointments to receive their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, the province announced Friday.
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Indigenous people in Manitoba will be able to start booking appointments to receive their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday, the province announced Friday.
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Publishing date: May 21, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 3 minute read • People line up for drop-in spots at the Urban Indigenous Vaccination Centre, run by Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre in Winnipeg on Monday, May 3. Beginning Monday at 11:45 a.m., Indigenous people in Manitoba who have received their first dose of vaccine can call to book appointments at supersites, pop-up clinics or urban Indigenous clinics for their second dose. Photo by KEVIN KING /Winnipeg Sun
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Indigenous people in Manitoba will be eligible to book their second-dose appointments starting Victoria Day Monday, First Nations Pandemic Response Coordination Team and Vaccine Immunization Task Force officials announced Friday.
“Throughout the second and third waves of this pandemic, we have seen First Nations people make up 40 to 60 per cent of all COVID-19 admissions to intensive care units. Of these First Nations people, currently two-thirds of them live outside of First Nations communities and mostly in urban environments. That is why it is so important to get our communities – both on and off reserve – fully vaccinated as soon as possible,” said First Nations Pandemic Response Coordination Team public health lead Dr. Marcia Anderson. “Getting fully vaccinated will not only provide a greater level of protection to the individual, but to their family members and loved ones too.”
WINNIPEG The Manitoba government will be opening appointments for the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible Indigenous residents starting on May 24. Dr. Marcia Anderson, public health lead for the First Nations Pandemic Response Coordination Team, and Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for Manitoba’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force, made the announcement on Friday. The province said to book appointments, Indigenous Manitobans must have received a Pfizer vaccine 21 days before their second-dose appointment or the Moderna vaccine 28 days before their second-dose appointment. “Throughout the second and third waves of this pandemic we have consistently seen that First Nations people make up 40 to 60 per cent of all COVID admissions to the ICU,” Anderson said.
WINNIPEG Some Manitobans will become eligible on Friday to book their second dose appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the Manitoba government, only those with certain health conditions will be able to book their appointments later today. These conditions include severe heart failure, Down syndrome, and human immunodeficiency virus. A full list of the priority conditions can be found online. Earlier in the week, Johanu Botha, operations, logistics and planning lead for Manitoba’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force, said the appointments will likely open up around 11:45 a.m. Botha also announced that the province expects all Manitoba residents will have their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July.