Hillcrest part of first care home vaccination wave
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This article was published 06/01/2021 (1913 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Residents at Hillcrest Place Personal Care Home are among those getting vaccinated in the first wave of personal care home vaccinations starting next Monday.
Premier Brian Pallister said in a release that all personal care home residents at 135 sites in the province will be vaccinated in a 28-day campaign.
“By early March, every eligible resident will have received both doses and the fullest protection we can provide against this virus,” he said.
The immunization campaign begins on Jan. 11, when 1,157 residents at the following care homes will start getting vaccinated:
• Hillcrest Place, Brandon, Prairie Mountain Health;
• Boyne Lodge, Carman, Southern Health–Santé Sud;
• Charleswood Care Centre, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority;
• Oakview Place, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority;
• St. Paul’s Residence, The Pas, Northern Health Region;
• Tudor House, Selkirk, Interlake Eastern Regional Health Authority; and
• Tuxedo Villa, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
The province estimates that 9,834 care home residents across the province will receive their first dose of vaccine within 28 days of the program’s start as long as shipments of vaccine from the federal government are received on time.
Residents will only be immunized if they consent and those who have already tested positive for COVID-19 will still be offered the vaccine as long as their medical condition allows.
The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines will be used for the care home campaign.
Read tomorrow’s edition of the Sun for more information and comments from the Premier’s 11:30 a.m. media conference.
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