The first Manitoban to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is Dr. Brian Penner, who works in internal medicine at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre (HSC).
The province began its COVID-19 immunization campaign this morning at the University of Manitoba's campus adjacent to the HSC.
About 900 healthcare workers who fall into priority groups will be the first to be immunized in Manitoba, with more doses of the Pfizer vaccine expected to be delivered later this month.
Details on the number of vaccine doses expected in that second shipment have not yet been released.
Premier Brian Pallister vaccination sites will eventually be set up throughout the province, including the Parkland.
He calls today a “monumental day in Manitoba” which comes nine months after the first positive case was reported in the province.
