This morning at 10 the Province’s Public Health officials gave an update on Covid-19 in Manitoba including the current vaccine rollout numbers across all age groups.
Dr. Jazz Atwal, Deputy Chief Provincial Public Health Officer, Dr. Joss Reimer, Medical Lead of the province's vaccine implementation task force, and Monika Warren, provincial COVID-19 Operations Chief for Shared Health all spoke at the press conference.
When it comes to the vaccine rollout in Manitoba the numbers are as follows:
Adults 18+ sit at 89.1% first dose and 86.1% fully vaccinated (two doses)
Youth aged 12-17 sit at 88.6% first dose and 86.1% fully vaccinated (two doses)
Children 5-11 are at 32,500 doses received and a total of 2,780 appointments are today to add to that number.
Dr. Jazz Atwal spoke on the first case of the Omicron variant in Manitoba and mentioned that the individual travelled from one of ten African countries and experienced mild symptoms but said no further details of the individual or further cases of Omicron cases will be provided.
Dr. Atwal went on to say there are no further plans to change the current public health measures in the province as of now.
We will update this story as more information comes in.
