Manitoba rolling out COVID-19 spring vaccination campaign for high-risk groups

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 16, 2025 6:20 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Manitoba is rolling retired a vaccination run for those astatine the highest hazard of processing superior outcomes from COVID-19, aiming to get radical vaccinated earlier summer, erstwhile microorganism circulation mightiness increase, the state says.

Between May 1 and June 30, the state volition marque further COVID-19 vaccine doses disposable for people who person already had a dose since past fall, but conscionable circumstantial criteria.

The other doses volition beryllium disposable to anyone property 65 oregon older, Indigenous radical implicit the property of 45, residents of semipermanent attraction homes, and anyone property six months oregon up who is moderately oregon severely immunocompromised.

The idiosyncratic getting the vaccine should person received their past dose astatine slightest 3 months before, the state said successful a Wednesday quality release.

COVID-19 vaccines for children betwixt the ages of six months and 12 years volition lone beryllium disposable until June 14, erstwhile the proviso volition expire, the state said.

People who did not get a COVID-19 vaccine successful the autumn tin besides get a dose earlier June 30.

The vaccines are disposable escaped of complaint astatine aesculapian clinics, pharmacies, nursing stations and agrarian nationalist wellness offices. The province's website has a representation wherever you tin hunt for vaccine providers. 

As of July 1, COVID-19 immunization volition temporarily lone beryllium disposable successful peculiar circumstances and based connected the proposal of a health-care nonrecreational for circumstantial aesculapian conditions, allowing for a three-month window before the commencement of the autumn 2025 COVID-19 immunization campaign, the state said.