Winnipeg Free Press By: Katie May | Posted: 5:29 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020
Starting in the new year, vaccines will be rolled out in personal care homes and to more health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic, Manitoba public health officials announced Wednesday.
Starting in the new year, vaccines will be rolled out in personal care homes and to more health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic, Manitoba public health officials announced Wednesday.
Health-care professionals who work in jails, homeless shelters and COVID-19 labs will soon be able to get in line for immunization.
The province is expanding eligibility criteria for its COVID-19 immunization program and is setting up vaccination clinics in Winnipeg, Brandon and Thompson as thousands more doses of the Pfizer vaccine become available.
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The province is preparing to expand the eligibility criteria for vaccines as shipments and production ramps up, including the ability to deliver 10,000 doses of vaccine per week to Manitobans in January.
More health care workers and those at risk of serious illness, including residents in personal care homes and other seniors, will be able to get the shot in the coming weeks.