Winnipeg Free Press
Last Modified: 7:57 AM CST Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 | Updates
Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, says doses are being carefully managed.
Multiple doses of the COVID-19 vaccine being trashed on the first day of deployment in Manitoba is nothing to get sick with worry about, the acting deputy chief provincial public health officer says.
Multiple doses of the COVID-19 vaccine being trashed on the first day of deployment in Manitoba is nothing to get sick with worry about, the acting deputy chief provincial public health officer says.
On Tuesday, Dr. Jazz Atwal responded to media reports that up to nine precious doses ended up in the trash Dec. 16, at the end of the first day of local distribution, when a clinic manager ordered unused vaccine be discarded.
Winnipeg Free Press
Nurses overruled after offering to find eligible front-line workers to inject with end-of-day supply By: Melissa Martin | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Monday, Dec. 21, 2020
Last Modified: 4:52 PM CST Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 | Updates
While Manitobans celebrated the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine in the province, up to nine precious doses ended up in the trash at the end of the first day when a clinic manager ordered unused vaccine to be discarded, a decision that flew in the face of public-health recommendations.
While Manitobans celebrated the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine in the province, up to nine precious doses ended up in the trash at the end of the first day when a clinic manager ordered unused vaccine to be discarded, a decision that flew in the face of public-health recommendations.