Despite the high numbers, northern Manitoba reported 17 new cases - a relatively low number but still high by recent standards. Three new cases were announced in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon district, which now has 18 active COVID-19 cases - more than the active case count in The Pas, Thompson, Norway House and most northern districts. Only three northern Manitoba districts - Island Lake (138 active), Cross Lake/Pimicikamak (45 active) and Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/Gods River/Gods Lake (26 active) have more active cases than the Flin Flon district. A total of 282 people within northern Manitoba, according to most recent health data, have active COVID-19 cases.
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Johanu Botha, co-lead of the vaccine task force. The province is reviewing the approval and considering vaccinating everyone in Manitoba, 12 years of age and up with appointment bookings starting May 21. (File)
On the heels of Health Canada’s approval for the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, the province is reviewing the approval and considering vaccinating everyone in Manitoba, 12 years of age and up with appointment bookings starting May 21.
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On the heels of Health Canada’s approval for the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, the province is reviewing the approval and considering vaccinating everyone in Manitoba, 12 years of age and up with appointment bookings starting May 21.
As third-wave COVID-19 hospitalizations steadily rise, keeping intensive-care units properly staffed is becoming a major challenge.
As third-wave COVID-19 hospitalizations steadily rise, keeping intensive-care units properly staffed is becoming a major challenge.
As of midnight Tuesday, there were 108 patients in Manitoba ICUs, 47 of them infected with the virus. Most are in their 40s and 50s and from the Winnipeg health region.
Shared Health provided the ICU figures in response to a
Free Press request the same day 16 doctors all of them medical leads in the province released an open letter on Shared Health letterhead, pleading with Manitobans to follow public-health rules for a while longer on behalf of your exhausted health system.
Manitobans 45 years of age and older are now eligible to book vaccination appointments at supersites and pop-up clinics, the province announced Wednesday.
Eligibility to be immunized at a super site or pop-up clinic has been expanded to include individuals aged 45 or older and Indigenous people aged 18 and older. Manitoba expects that eligibility will expand to include all people aged 18 or older by May 21.