Eligibility to be immunized at a super site or pop-up clinic has been expanded to include individuals aged 45 or older and Indigenous people aged 18 and older. Manitoba expects that eligibility will expand to include all people aged 18 or older by May 21.
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COVID enforcement officers handed out 58 tickets last week, their highest total in months.
This includes 42 $1,296 tickets of which, 33 were for gatherings in private residences, which have been banned in the last set of health orders. The other nine were for a failure to self-isolate.
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The province issued 20 tickets for a gathering at The Forks on April 25 and have followed up with two tickets at a rally in Winkler this past Saturday and four tickets at a rally at the Winnipeg Law Courts on Monday. The rally in front of the courts was related to an eight-day hearing as seven churches challenge the health orders which have had churches shut down or under restricted capacities for much of the last 14 months. These fines will be included in next week’s report.
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COVID enforcement officers handed out 58 tickets last week, their highest total in months.
This includes 42 $1,296 tickets of which, 33 were for gatherings in private residences, which have been banned in the last set of health orders. The other nine were for a failure to self-isolate.
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Try refreshing your browser, or Manitoba hands out 33 tickets at private gatherings last week, vaccine eligibility updated Back to video
The province issued 20 tickets for a gathering at The Forks on April 25 and have followed up with two tickets at a rally in Winkler this past Saturday and four tickets at a rally at the Winnipeg Law Courts on Monday. The rally in front of the courts was related to an eight-day hearing as seven churches challenge the health orders which have had churches shut down or under restricted capacities for much of the last 14 months. These fines will be included in next week’s report.
Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 73
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Posted on 05/04/2021 at 11:54 am
Vaccine eligibility is expanding to include all adults aged 18 and older who live or work in specified jobs in the Winnipeg communities of River East South, St. Vital North and Seven Oaks East.
Eligible jobs in these communities include:
kindergarten to Grade 12 schools;
child-care providers;
anywhere that serves food (e.g. restaurants or food banks).
In total, there are 14 communities with expanded eligibility criteria including:
Prairie Mountain Health – Brandon East End and Brandon Downtown;
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority – Inkster West, Fort Garry South, Seven Oaks West, Downtown East, Point Douglas South, Inkster East, Point Douglas North and Downtown West; and
Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 72
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach
Eligibility
Eligibility also includes people aged 18 and older who:
are pregnant,
work in any health care setting including outpatient settings, or
work as a front-line police officer or firefighter.
All adults aged 18 and older who live or work in specified jobs in these priority communities are eligible to make an appointment:
Prairie Mountain Health – Brandon East End and Brandon Downtown;
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority – Inkster West, Fort Garry South, Seven Oaks West, Downtown East, Point Douglas South, Inkster East, Point Douglas North and Downtown West; and
Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority – Powerview-Pine Falls.
All adults who live or work (in any role) in the Northern Regional Health Authority, as well as Churchill, are also eligible. A map and other information about community-based eligibility is available at manitoba.ca.