Winnipeg Free Press By: Tom Brodbeck | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 Opinion Public health officials could have some explaining to do if inmates in provincial jails and residents of homeless shelters receive COVID-19 vaccines before elderly Manitobans. Winnipeg Free Press Public health officials could have some explaining to do if inmates in provincial jails and residents of homeless shelters receive COVID-19 vaccines before elderly Manitobans. As shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine begin to ramp up again next week following a global supply disruption, decisions about who is next in line for the life-saving jabs will move further into the spotlight.