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(Government of Manitoba/Supplied) Article continues below advertisement ↴ The province says that they have the ability to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine quickly, yet over 5,000 doses remain unclaimed. A limited set of criteria has been released of who will receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, focussing on those on the front line of COVID-19 healthcare. No other anticipated priority groups for the Pfizer vaccine have been released as the province is only releasing the list of those eligible as vaccines become available. During a Wednesday press conference, Premier Brian Pallister s...

Brandon Sun By: Michele LeTourneau, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Posted: Save to Read Later Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical advisor at Health Canada, speaks while Dr. Marc Berthiaume, director of the bureau of medical sciences at Health Canada, listens, during a press conference to announce that Health Canada has authorized the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Ottawa on Dec. 23. (The Canadian Press) The Moderna vaccine — which requires less stringent measures to keep it viable as compared to...

Posted: Dec 15, 2020 11:18 AM CT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020 Canada Border Services Agency officers watch as the first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine are unloaded in Winnipeg on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.(Submitted by the Canada Border Services Agency) With the first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine now in Manitoba, Premier Brian Pallister announced Tuesday that Winnipeg's convention centre will be used in coming weeks as a "supersite" for administering the vaccine. The initial doses landed in the province early Tuesday morning, the Canada Border Services Agency said. ...

Winnipeg coronavirus vaccination clinic ready for first doses Wednesday, province says Shane Gibson © Global News Media joined Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister for a tour of Winnipeg's first COVDI-19 vaccination clinic Monday. Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister toured Winnipeg's first COVID-19 vaccination clinic Monday as the province gets ready to deliver its first doses this week. Last week, health officials announced Manitoba would begin receiving 900 doses of the vaccine this week, and Monday Pallister said a  priority group of health-care workers would be the first to g...