Province adds 72 early-bird bookings for kids to get COVID-19 shot after doses arrive in Manitoba
All Wednesday appointments snapped up as more than 20,000 kids booked for 1st dose
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This article was published 24/11/2021 (1757 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba is rolling out vaccine appointments for children aged 5 to 11 a day earlier than planned, after pediatric vaccine doses arrived in the province on Tuesday morning.
On Monday, public health officials said the first appointments for children in this age group were Thursday.
But after pediatric vaccine arrived in the province on Tuesday morning, the vaccine implementation task force added 72 new appointments for kids at Winnipeg’s downtown supersite, a provincial spokesperson said.
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