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By Matthew Dekker Manitobans 18-and-older can now receive a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. This exceeds the province’s goal of opening vaccines to all Manitoban adults by May 21st. In addition, Medical Lead of the Vaccination Task Force, Dr. Joss Reimer, notes the the province will be adjusting its use of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine. Now, Manitoba will use the Astra-Zeneca vaccine for administration of second doses only.

Updated: 9:06, 4 May 2021 THE HSE has been forced to clarify jab stats trumpeted by boss Paul Reid. HSE supremo Reid claimed "over 788,000" doses were administered through April - but officials later had to admit the figure included vaccinations dished out at the end of March and start of May. 3 3 3 The under-pressure HSE CEO maintained there was now “strong momentum” behind Ireland's vaccination campaign. Taking to Twitter on Monday, Reid boomed: “Great momentum on vaccinations. Almost 200K done last week (>200K when some data is uploaded). >44K done on Friday. >1.6M done in total. Ove...

HSE makes recommendation on vaccination plan Updated / Monday, 3 May 2021 20:39 Health Correspondent The Health Service Executive has made a recommendation to the Department of Health on the next steps for the national vaccination campaign against Covid-19. It is understood that the advice is to continue administering vaccines under the planned age sequence, oldest to youngest in descending order. The HSE has not recommended jumping age groups, or giving vaccines in parallel with different age groups, at this point, following the decision last week that the Johnson and Johnson and AstraZenec...

2021-05-03 14:06:11 GMT2021-05-03 22:06:11(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BRUSSELS, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A new vaccination center opened its doors on Monday at Queen Astrid Military Hospital in Brussels, the second largest in the Belgian capital after the Heysel conference center. Young people aged 16 and 17 will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine there this summer. Details on the rollout for younger age groups are still being reviewed by the Vaccination Task Force, the Belgian newspaper De Morgen reported on Monday. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been approved by the European Med...

Augusta Health Vaccination Task Force thanks its countless volunteers Published Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2021, 12:00 pm Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Augusta Health Vaccine Clinic. Photo courtesy Augusta Health. This week is National Volunteer Week, a time to recognize and celebrate the unpaid labor force that fills the gaps in our society’s needs. Here in the Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro region, we have a particularly great cause fo...