The province provided a significant update on Wednesday regarding its immunization plan.
Pop-up vaccination clinics will be launching in rural Manitoba starting next week — which is welcomed news for many who aren’t keen on the idea of driving to a supersite in Brandon or Winnipeg to receive the vaccine.
A pop-up vaccination clinic will be in Dauphin on Thursday, March 18th & Friday, March 19th, located at the Ukrainian Orthodox Hall. It will operate with hours of 12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on March 18th, and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 19th.
Pop-up clinics will also be coming to many other locations across the province, including Swan River, Ashern, Eriksdale, Portage la Prairie, and Niverville.
Click here to see the entire pop-up clinic schedule released by the province. The province says the pop-up clinic schedule will be updated regularly.
Appointments will start to be taken for pop-up clinics on Thursday, March 11.
Appointments are required for these sites, and can be made by calling the vaccine call centre at 1-844-626-8222 (1-844-MAN-VACC) from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily. Callers will need to have their health card ready.
Vaccine eligibility in Manitoba is open to the general public over the age of 80, and First Nations people over 60.
Click here to read more about who's currently eligible to receive the vaccine in Manitoba.
Appointments can also be booked for supersites in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, Selkirk and Morden.
The first shipment of the AstraZeneca/Covishield vaccine arrived in Manitoba yesterday, which is likely to eventually be administered in medical clinics and pharmacies. However, further details about how the AstraZeneca vaccine will be used in Manitoba’s immunization campaign have not yet been released by the province.
