Posted: Jan 07, 2021 11:37 AM CT | Last Updated: January 7
LoriAnn Laramee, public health nurse, prepares dilutant for the COVID-19 vaccine in the COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg in December.(John Woods/The Canadian Press) comments
Manitoba does not expect to immunize everyone in the province against COVID-19 this year.
An immunization roll-out plan published by the province projects about 70 per cent of Manitobans will receive two doses of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines before 2021 comes to a close.
Both vaccines require two doses.
The projection is based on how much vaccine may be available in 2021 and the percentage of Manitoba s eligible population that may be immunized over that time, according to the two-page document.
The government released a plan that will see vaccination teams roll out to seven care homes next week. Residents of the remaining 128 homes are to receive at least an initial dose within the next month. The vaccines require a second dose a few weeks later.
For other high-priority groups, such as health-care workers, the province will open large-scale vaccination sites in Brandon and Thompson in the coming weeks, Pallister added. A similar site in Winnipeg opened this week.
Manitoba has been under strict public health orders since mid-November that have forced non-essential businesses to close, barred public gatherings of more than five people, and forbidden most social visits in private homes.
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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Posted: Jan 01, 2021 6:49 PM CT | Last Updated: January 2
The RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg became Manitoba s first COVID-19 immunization super site on Jan. 4.(The Canadian Press/John Woods)
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