Two new super sites, 15,000 weekly Pfizer doses planned for March
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This article was published 24/02/2021 (2082 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The province’s COVID-19 vaccination task force will soon be able to begin the process of vaccinating the general population, with a first focus on the oldest Manitobans, as the eligibility criteria continue to expand.
That’s according to the team’s technical briefing held for the press this morning.
Full vaccination at personal care homes is set to wrap up this week.
Additionally, the focused immunization teams began first doses at congregate living sites in Brandon and Winnipeg February 19, with regional health authorities scheduling high-priority congregate living sites starting this week. There are 1,400 congregate living sites in the province. A list of those sites can be found at https://bit.ly/2P9KaWX
The vaccination team has “line of site” in terms of doses coming to Manitoba to the end of March – which Johanu Botha, co-lead for the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, said will be 15,000 Pfizer doses, up slightly from the roughly 12,000 doses it is receiving now.
“These are not large quanities,” Botha said, adding all Pfizer doses go to super sites due to its storage requirements. There are currently two super sites – in Winnipeg and Brandon – with two more scheduled to open. The plan is to open Selkirk’s site in early March and Morden/Winkler’s in mid-March.
Apart from the doses received from Moderna this week, next shipments are unknown.
“We have just over 8,000 doses on hand remaining,” Botha said, adding those are tagged to complete the personal care homes and supporting the congregate living campaign.
Botha reminded Manitobans to regularly monitor the eligibility criteria website. The eligibility criteria, which will continue to expand, and can be found at http://bit.ly/3ssXBQb
Additionally, 213 pharmacies and doctors have signed up to deliver vaccines when more, with less stringent storage needs, are approved.
This morning’s presentation can be found at https://bit.ly/37LRuhP
Read more in Thursday’s Brandon Sun.