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The province has released a four-stage immunization plan that builds on medical expertise and Manitoba’s current approach to the vaccine campaign, with the goal of protecting Manitobans at greatest risk of COVID-19 the soonest.
“These priority groups are clear and based on the guidance of our medical experts,” said Health and Seniors Care Minister, Heather Stefanson. “We all want to get the vaccine to our most vulnerable people, and to every Manitoban who wants a vaccine, as quickly as possible. Now, we need the vaccine supply to put our plans into action. This is incredibly important work that is being led by the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, on behalf of all Manitobans.”
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Province highlights plans to protect vulnerable Manitobans with comprehensive vaccine prioritization list
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The province has released a four-stage immunization plan that builds on medical expertise and Manitoba’s current approach to the vaccine campaign, with the goal of protecting Manitobans at greatest risk of COVID-19 the soonest, Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson announced.
“These priority groups are clear and based on the guidance of our medical experts,” said Stefanson. “We all want to get the vaccine to our most vulnerable people, and to every Manitoban who wants a vaccine, as quickly as possible. Now, we need the vaccine supply to put our plans into action. This is incredibly important work that is being led by the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, on behalf of all Manitobans.”
Forty-one northers were in hospital due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, 37 of them with active infections and four of them in intensive care. The NRHA has now had 3,606 total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Province-wide, there are 281 people in hospital due to the virus, 127 of whose cases are still considered active. Thirty-six of them are in intensive care, including 12 who are no longer considered infectious. Four more deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in Manitoba Jan. 27, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 813. The provincial five-day test positivity rate on Wednesday was 9.6 per cent. Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson and Dr. Joss Reimer, medical officer of health with Manitoba Health and Seniors Care and medical lead on the vaccine implementation task force, announced further priority groups for vaccinations at a news conference on Wednesday. The second stage includes more health care workers, residents of high and moderate-risk c
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Health minister announces new wave of restructuring
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Health Minister Heather Stefanson announced a plan to forge ahead with the second wave of health-care restructuring, Wednesday.
More than 1,600 workers battling the pandemic braced for more upheaval after the Manitoba government said it would forge ahead with the second wave of health-care restructuring.
More than 1,600 workers battling the pandemic braced for more upheaval after the Manitoba government said it would forge ahead with the second wave of health-care restructuring.
Health Minister Heather Stefanson and Mental Health Minister Audrey Gordon announced the plan on Wednesday.