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Pallister said he has written to U.S. President Joe Biden on the issue, but has not yet received a response. The vaccines are sitting in freezers miles away (in North Dakota). We have people here waiting and we need those vaccines up here, Pallister said Saturday.
North Dakota had asked the White House earlier this year for permission to ship some vaccines to Manitoba for teachers and other school workers, but the request was denied, the premier added.
Pallister s comments came as Manitoba continued to face a harsh third wave of the pandemic.
Health officials reported 476 new COVID-19 cases Saturday down from a record 603 earlier in the week and six new deaths linked to the virus.
Winnipeg Free Press
Public-health measure tinkering is far too little, much too late to relieve critical-care hospital crisis By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, May. 20, 2021
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Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has officially become the pandemic poster boy for too little, too late.
Case in point: on Thursday the premier held a news conference on short notice to discuss two major announcements.
First, new restrictions would be put in place over the long weekend to help stem the rising tide of new COVID-19 infections. And second, the province will initiate an incentive program to help motivate people to get vaccinated.
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WINNIPEG - Manitoba is asking the federal government for dozens of health-care workers to help fight rising COVID-19 numbers.
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, not shown, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is asking the federal government for dozens of health-care workers to help fight rising COVID-19 numbers.
Manitoba needs up to 50 critical care nurses, 20 respiratory therapists and up to 50 contact tracers from Statistics Canada, Premier Brian Pallister said after talking with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday.