Winnipeg Free Press By: Julia-Simone Rutgers | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 Save to Read Later
COVID-19 has taken a staggering toll on Manitoba First Nations people, who now represent more than one in 10 pandemic-linked deaths and half of the province’s virus-related hospitalizations.
Winnipeg Free Press
COVID-19 has taken a staggering toll on Manitoba First Nations people, who now represent more than one in 10 pandemic-linked deaths and half of the province’s virus-related hospitalizations.
Manitoba’s leaders say they plan to reinforce messaging and work with both local leadership and federal partners to support First Nations communities as they work to hunker down and weather the second wave of the novel coronavirus.
Province outlines initial COVID-19 vaccination plans to protect Manitobans
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 12/10/2020 at 11:00 am
After months of preparation, Manitoba will begin to implement its COVID-19 vaccination plan as early as next week, once the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine supplied by the federal government arrive in the province.
“With only a very limited supply of new vaccines available before the spring, we will follow the advice of national and provincial public health experts,” said Premier Brian Pallister. “We will focus our initial immunization efforts on those most at risk of COVID-19 including seniors, those working in the health-care system and in long-term care facilities, and Indigenous peoples.”