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This map taken from the provincial government s website shows the areas of Brandon where all residents aged 18 or older are now eligible to book their COVID-19 vaccination appointments. (Screenshot) Residents of another Brandon neighbourhood are now eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Residents of another Brandon neighbourhood are now eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccinations.
The provincial government updated its website on Thursday afternoon to include Brandon s East End on the list of communities where any resident aged 18 or older can get vaccinated.
Additionally, people 18 and older working at the following jobs or workplaces within the East End are also eligible:
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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:
WINNIPEG The Manitoba government has expanded its list of communities that are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. As of Thursday, any adults living in Brandon East End; Inkster West or Fort Garry South in Winnipeg; or Powerview/Pine Falls are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. This expansion also includes people who work at specific jobs or settings in these eligible areas, including those who work at Kindergarten to Grade 12 schools, as child-care providers, at food-processing facilities, at grocery or convenience stores, at gas stations, as public health inspectors or workplace safety and health officers, as well as anywhere that serves food.
More Winnipeg, Brandon neighbourhoods eligible for vaccines, along with eastern Manitoba communities
More neighbourhoods in Winnipeg and Brandon and a large chunk of eastern Manitoba have been prioritized for COVID-19 vaccinations, allowing tens of thousands more people aged 18 and up to book appointments for a shot.
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Fort Garry area south of Bishop Grandin eligible as of Thursday, along with more northwest Winnipeg areas
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A vaccine dose is prepared for administration in this file photo. In addition to more neighbourhoods in Winnipeg and Brandon, the eastern Manitoba communities of Sagkeeng First Nation, Powerview-Pine Falls, Manigotagan and Bissett are now included in the list of areas designated for vaccine prioritization.(Tyson Koschik/CBC)
Manitoba reserves have come to the rescue of non-Indigenous people who are waiting on the sidelines of a provincial COVID-19 vaccine rollout that s one of the slowest in Canada. For First Nations people, kinship means a lot to us, said Virginia Lukianchuk, who oversees the rollout at Sandy Bay First Nation. It s difficult for First Nations people to tell people no.
Like many reserves, Sandy Bay has offered doses to numerous non-Indigenous people who work on the reserve, and spouses of band members.
It also welcomed essential workers from the neighbouring town of Amaranth, whose residents use the same services as Sandy Bay residents, whether that s in town or on the reserve.