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(Screenshot: Government of Manitoba/YouTube) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Public Health is sharing what vaccinating adolescents could look like. Health Canada has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 12 and older. Manitoba has yet to officially announce they are vaccinating youth, but are planning for it. Dr. Joss Reimer, Medical Lead of Manitoba's COVID-19 Immunization Task Force says in a Wednesday press conference she is waiting for the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) to approve this change and is being cautious in announcing the possib...

grocery store, convenience store, gas bars anywhere that serves food, including soup kitchens On Friday the province will announce the high-risk locations being prioritized. This is the first round of prioritized workers. Pfizer and Moderna will be in popups and supersites, the anticipated vaccine delivery method of most of these eligible people.  Reimer and her co-lead JohanuBotha are unable to announce how geographic regions are being decided, as they are still being determined. A statistician is looking at the factors being considered to determine if they will be making divisions by he...

(Screenshot: Dr. Joss Reimer/YouTube) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Firefighters, police officers, and more are next in line for the COVID-19 vaccine, with many others waiting in the wings. Starting as soon as next week, more details will be revealed as to how front-line workers can get a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Joss Reimer, co-lead of the COVID-19 Immunization Task Force, says these positions have not yet been determined. "Our team is working on more detailed plans to support this work so we can align these groups with what vaccine is available," Reimer says in a Friday brie...

Bowman calling for vaccines for essential workers, homeless population Written by Taylor Brock Tuesday, Apr 13 2021, 2:17 PM Mayor Brian Bowman (right) has been joined for the past year by Emergency Operations Centre Manager Jason Shaw (left) discussing the pandemic during press conferences. (Mayor Brian Bowman/Twitter) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Winnipeg's Mayor is calling on the COVID-19 Immunization Task Force to change its current trajectory. In a series of three posts Tuesday, Mayor Brian Bowman advocated for three populations, saying he wants them to be pri...

(Province of Manitoba/Supplied) Article continues below advertisement ↴ A new supersite will be opening in Winnipeg, the second of two vaccination clinics of this size slated for the city. The COVID-19 Immunization Task Force's plan has included opening multiple supersites in cities, and as soon as May 7, that will be true in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Soccer Federation-Soccer North complex is set to operate like the supersite at the RCB Convention Centre. More super site locations will be announced next week for rural Manitoba. Those aged 60 or older and First Nations people aged 40 or o...