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Manitoba is now offering the AstraZeneca/Covishield vaccine to those in the 30-39 age group with priority health conditions.
“(This) provides more Manitobans throughout the entire province to get a vaccine that will help protect them, protect their families and protect their community as well,” said Dr. Jazz Atwal, deputy chief provincial public health officer, at the COVID-19 update Friday. “It’s more about making it available with the doses coming in that we have to ensure more access and that it is more equitable and it’s a little bit more far-reaching with our distributive channels.”
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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:
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.
The last week of April saw good news and bad news for the north and the province as a whole when it comes to the seemingly interminable COVID-19 pandemic, about to stretch into its 15th month in Manitoba. On the bright side, northerners and those who work here no longer have to watch the age of vaccine eligibility creep slowly downward a year or two at a time, as vaccine task force medical lead Dr. Joss Reimer announced April 26 that the Northern Regional Health Authority, as well as Churchill, where health services are administered by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, was one of the latest additions to the province’s priority area list when it comes to vaccinations. As of Monday morning, anyone 18 or over who lives in the north or who lives elsewhere but regularly works here, can book appointments to be vaccinated at super sites and pop-up sites. This news follows on the announcement last week that the Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre in Thompson would be the site of a cli