The province’s Vaccine Implementation Task Force has confirmed that some Manitobans have developed myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for the vaccine implementation task force says that COVID-19 also causes myocarditis. 

Reimer says that these cases have almost been exclusively detected in young men. 

“Most myocarditis cases reported after vaccination are very mild. Some people have been admitted to hospital for observation, but are then sent home to rest and take medications. Others are sent home from initial assessment and are also told to rest and take anti-inflammatory medications.”

She adds that other viral infections cause myocarditis, and that they do so at higher rates than with the vaccine.