Manitoba health care workers can now make appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Eligible health care workers can book an appointment to be immunized at a clinic starting Wednesday, December 16th.
In order to be eligible for the vaccine, health care workers must have direct contact with patients and meet the following criteria:
- work in critical care units, born on or before Dec. 31, 1970;
- work in acute care facilities, born on or before Dec. 31, 1960;
- work in long term care facilities, born on or before Dec. 31, 1960; or
- be assigned to COVID-19 immunization clinics.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved by Health Canada earlier this week, and Manitoba is set to get an initial 1,950 doses, enough to immunize about 900 people (with 2 doses each).
More information about additional clinics will be provided as soon as possible and will be based on deliveries of vaccine to the province.
