Essential workers seek to be vaccinated as Manitoba talks about pivoting to target COVID-19 hotspots
Manitoba s vaccine task force is pivoting to target certain workers or hotspots where case numbers are high, now that people 59 and older are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. That has certain groups clamouring to be prioritized.
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WINNIPEG More than 500 Manitobans have died from COVID-19. It s a grim statistic that is taking a toll on the province s health-care system and the staff dealing with a wave of deaths they haven t experienced before. Dan Picca said his mother Shirley is among the hundreds of Manitobans who have died related to COVID-19 in recent weeks. The 70-year-old woman died on December 4 after weeks of battling the disease on a ventilator. Shirley had been a cashier at the Food Fare on Maryland Street in Winnipeg for more than a decade and had become a staple in the community. I had no idea that the community knew her and made her feel like part of the community, Picca said. I m getting comments from people I haven t seen since high school like 25 years ago, saying That was your mom. I had no idea. She was part of our family. I used to go to Food Fare just to see her .