Winnipeg Free Press
Getting stuck
Canadians are largely in favour of vaccination, so why are Manitoba s school immunization programs so far from achieving herd immunity?
Sometimes, neither a lollipop nor a dinosaur sticker is enough to convince someone to get a needle.
Sometimes, neither a lollipop nor a dinosaur sticker is enough to convince someone to get a needle.
Dr. Michele Feierstein, a pediatrician for more than 35 years, knows that all too well.
Feierstein has given thousands of immunizations to young patients throughout her career, but she has also had her fair share of difficult conversations with parents who are vaccine-hesitant or outright anti-vaxxers.
Those hot spots were selected based on public health data from the pandemic s second wave and the ongoing third wave. That data showed which parts of the province had high rates of COVID-19 transmission and where residents suffered more severe outcomes of the illness.
Some socio-economic factors, such as average income, profession and the number of Black, Indigenous or people of colour living in the area, were considered as well.
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boundaries announced Friday correspond with their respective health districts. They cover downtown Winnipeg, all of Point Douglas, a portion of the North End, as well as Inkster from Notre Dame Avenue to just south of the Maples neighbourhood.
Posted: Apr 06, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 6
Ma Mawi will be providing wraparound supports for those who need it, in addition to COVID-19 testing.(Walther Bernal/CBC)
A new rapid COVID-19 testing facility has opened in Winnipeg s North End to help make it easier for urban Indigenous people, as well as those travelling to First Nations, to be tested for the illness.
Starting Tuesday, the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre on King Street will offer COVID-19 testing to people who are symptomatic and those who need a COVID-19 test prior to travelling to a northern community, according to Monday s COVID-19 bulletin issued by the Manitoba government.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson
Indigenous people are mobilizing to contain the spread of COVID-19 among the most vulnerable Manitobans.
Indigenous people are mobilizing to contain the spread of COVID-19 among the most vulnerable Manitobans.
Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre announced Thursday it will start to offer both rapid screening and conventional COVID-19 tests at its 445 King St. location starting Tuesday.
The staff are all Indigenous people, noted Ma Mawi head Diane Redsky. They come from our community and they’re here… to reduce the anxiety, while we are protecting our future.
Rapid-screening devices are less accurate at detecting COVID-19 than laboratory testing, but they’re good at detecting those who have high viral loads without even knowing they re infected and thus the most likely to spread the virus.