WINNIPEG Manitoba health officials are asking non-Indigenous Manitobans to not attend urban Indigenous clinics to get their COVID-19 vaccine. On Friday, Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for Manitoba’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force, said these clinics were specifically created to increase accessibility and provide culturally safe spaces for First Nations (both status and non-status), Metis, and Inuit people. “When non-Indigenous people make appointments or use the walk-in spaces at those sites, it limits access for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples,” she said. Health officials ask that only Manitobans who self-identify as First Nations, Metis, or Inuit, or those who live with someone who self-identifies as Indigenous, go to these clinics.
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WINNIPEG Children as young as 12 years old will soon be able to get the Pfizer vaccine. It s welcome news to Bruce Strang who has two teenage sons one of whom has Down Syndrome. Given the vastly increased risk to Sean s health from COVID, we ll get the vaccine the first day we re able to, said Strang, who has already received his first dose. On Wednesday, Health Canada approved the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, becoming the first country in the world to do so. It s the same vaccine, it s the same dose, and it s the same dosing regimen as is already authorized for adults, said Dr. Supriya Sharma, Health Canada s Chief Medical Adviser.
When will children ages 12 and up be able to get vaccinated in Canada? A province-by-province look
TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) Following Wednesday’s announcement that Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 12 and up, provinces are now deciding how their vaccine rollouts will reflect this information moving forward.
Although Health Canada has announced their approval based on recent clinical trials, whether or not any children will be receiving the shot anytime soon is up to individual provinces and territories.
Before this announcement, Pfizer was only permitted to be given to those 16 and up in Canada, and the focus of the majority of vaccine rollouts in Canada was on those 18 years and up.
TORONTO Following the announcement that Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 12 and up, provinces are now deciding how their vaccine rollouts will reflect this information moving forward. Although Health Canada has announced their approval based on recent clinical trials, whether or not any children will be receiving the shot anytime soon is up to individual provinces and territories. Before this announcement, Pfizer was only permitted to be given to those 16 and up in Canada, and the focus of the majority of vaccine rollouts in Canada was on those 18 years and up. Here is what some provinces and territories have said in response to Health Canadaâs announcement.