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As few as 40 per cent of people working with some of the province's most vulnerable people — residents of personal care homes — are vaccinated against COVID-19.
As few as 40 per cent of people working with some of the province's most vulnerable people — residents of personal care homes — are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Care home administrators and the organization that represents many such facilities in the province are trying to persuade Manitoba's vaccine task force to let the same nurses looking after residents give shots to fellow staff members.
Jan Legeros, executive director of the Long Term & Continuing Care Association of Manitoba, said the group is hearing from member facilities that between 40 to 45 per cent of care home staff have been vaccinated.