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The province’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, if vaccine supplies are high and with an uptake of 70 per cent, will continue to August. (Submitted)
The province unveiled its overall vaccination plan Wednesday, laying out the order in which all Manitobans over the age of 18 will receive protection from COVID-19.
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Vaccines for children have not yet been approved.
Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson appeared at her first COVID-19 daily update since being assigned the role, joined by Dr. Joss Reimer, medical officer of health with Stefanson’s department and medical lead on the vaccine implementation task force.
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Jennifer Cochrane, a public health nurse with Prairie Mountain Health in Virden, readies the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during the first day of immunizations at the Brandon COVID-19 vaccination supersite at the Keystone Centre earlier this month. (Courtesy the Government of Manitoba)
If supplies of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines to Manitoba don’t resume, appointments at the Brandon vaccination supersite may need to be postponed.
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If supplies of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines to Manitoba don’t resume, appointments at the Brandon vaccination supersite may need to be postponed.
Brandon Sun By: Michele LeTourneau, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Posted:
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Who is in charge of the vaccine rollout in Manitoba that’s a question many nurses in the province are asking, including in the Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) region.
The region put out an internal call for COVID vaccine program support intake for PMH employees only, about a month ago.
Darlene Jackson, prresident of the 12,000 member Manitoba Nurses Union. (Submitted) As more COVID-19 vaccine is delivered in the coming weeks, teams of people will be needed throughout our region to make this historic immunization campaign a success, PHM states.
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A cow moose and two calves dine in a marsh in Riding Mountain National Park in July. The Manitoba Metis Federation announced this week it had successfully completed a sustainable and limited moose hunt Jan. 15. (File)
The Manitoba Metis Federation announced this week it had successfully completed a sustainable and limited moose hunt Jan. 15.
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The Manitoba Metis Federation announced this week it had successfully completed a sustainable and limited moose hunt Jan. 15. Despite the scare tactics used by the Government of Manitoba in an attempt to frighten or discourage Métis harvesters, our people’s response to our sustainable moose hunting initiative has been very positive, MMF president David Chartrand stated in a news release.