Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 71
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Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for the AstraZeneca/Covishield vaccine has expanded to include people aged 30 to 39 with priority health conditions. A complete list is available online.
Eligibility for super sites and pop-up clinics has expanded to include people aged 18 and older who:
are pregnant;
work in any health-care setting including outpatient settings (expanded from previous eligibility); or
work in the vaccine warehouse.
These individuals can begin booking appointments at super sites or pop-up clinics at 2 p.m. today.
All adults aged 18 and older who live or work in specified jobs in these priority communities can continue make an appointment:
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Manitoba public health officials are reporting three new cases of the B.117 variant (the U.K. variant) among 92 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, along with two additional deaths.
All three are related to international travel and the individuals have since recovered and completed their self-isolation requirements, the province reported in its daily release, bringing the total number of that variant identified in Manitoba to four.
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“There is no evidence of further spread in Manitoba related to the variant,” said Dr. Jazz Atwal, deputy chief provincial public health officer, adding that the cases were not connected to First Nations communities. “This is not an unexpected development. We are anticipating variant of concern cases in Manitoba and we are prepared for this. This also illust
WINNIPEG Nearly two dozen of Manitoba’s health-care workers tested positive for COVID-19 in the span of one week. According to the province’s latest COVID-19 and seasonal influenza surveillance report from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, a total of 1,898 of Manitoba’s health-care workers have contracted the disease since the pandemic began. This is 23 more workers than the province reported the week before. The report shows that 1,876 of these health-care workers have recovered, and two have died from COVID-19. Of these nearly 1,900 workers, 1,105 are allied heath, health professionals and support staff, 535 are nurses/licensed practical nurses, 71 are physicians/physicians in training, and 39 are first responders. The occupations of 148 of the health-care workers are not identified.