The communities were first announced by the Manitoba government March 1.
“Communities were selected based on their readiness and ability to travel for the vaccine. Additional information about Manitoba’s immunization strategy for the north will be released in the coming days,” reads a provincial government statement on the program. According to Manitoba s vaccination guidelines, all members of the public over age 89 are currently eligible to book appointments for vaccine doses. The minimum age, as of March 3, is lower for First Nation people. First Nations people ages 69 and older are currently eligible for doses. While some people living in Flin Flon, The Pas, Thompson and on several northern Manitoba First Nations have received at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, others in smaller communities have not had an opportunity for their doses yet. In Flin Flon, vaccinations have taken place for residents of the Flin Flon Personal Care Home and Northern Lights Manor, a
Winnipeg Free Press By: Carol Sanders | Posted: 7:30 PM CST Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
Last Modified: 9:35 AM CST Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 | Updates
Problems with the province s vaccine rollout and its handling of the COVID-19 crisis could ve been prevented, said Chuck Sanderson, who ran Manitoba s Emergency Measures Organization for 11 years before retiring. He said there s a fatal flaw in it.
Problems with the province s vaccine rollout and its handling of the COVID-19 crisis could ve been prevented, said Chuck Sanderson, who ran Manitoba s Emergency Measures Organization for 11 years before retiring. He said there s a fatal flaw in it. They tasked all the planning to an already exhausted health department, he said. They re not equipped to be emergency managers. The Emergency Measures Act requires that EMO oversees all aspects of preparedness in the province as well as manage, direct and co
That is the highest number of EMS calls the department has ever head and it was the fifth straight year that there were more than 6,000 EMS calls. Fire calls, on the other hand, numbered 473 last year, down 264 from the highest ever total of 727 in 2019. With the exception of 2018 and 2019, fire calls have generally hovered from the mid-400s to mid-500s over the past 10 years. Calls requiring response from multiple units have increased greatly over the past decade, reaching nearly 3,300 in 2020, the highest number ever. 2019 was the first year that the department had more than 3,000 multiple unit calls and there have only been over 2,000 twice before that, in 2016 and 2018.