Manitoba to expand eligibility for third COVID-19 doses
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This article was published 05/10/2021 (1627 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Access to third doses of COVID-19 vaccines is being expanded in Manitoba.
Front-line health-care workers, as well as anyone who previously received two doses of AstraZeneca, will soon be able to get a third dose.
Third doses are being expanded to doctors, nurses and pharmacists who have direct contact with patients, and they’ll also be offered to any Manitobans who were vaccinated with AstraZeneca or the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to a health department memo obtained by the Free Press.
The memo, signed by vaccine task force medical lead Dr. Joss Reimer, was circulated to doctors and pharmacists Tuesday. It says Manitoba is recommending that anyone who received a viral vector vaccine (which includes two doses of AstraZeneca and the one-dose Johnson&Johnson a.k.a. Janssen vaccine) get a third dose of an mRNA vaccine (such as Pfizer or Moderna).
Eligibility for health-care workers is set to include personal-care home staff, staff at addictions treatment and mental-health facilities, northern nursing station staff, as well as others who have direct contact with patients, including health-care aides, cleaners and support staff, the memo states.
The province is recommending the third dose occur at least six months after the second dose.
Eligibility for third doses in Manitoba has so far been limited to First Nations staff and residents at personal-care homes, people who are immunocompromised or who need the third dose for international travel. All personal-care home residents in Manitoba became eligible for the third dose this month.
More information on the expanded eligibility is expected to be released Wednesday.
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Updated on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1:26 PM CDT: Clarifies that front-line health-care workers, as well as anyone who previously received two doses of AstraZeneca, will soon be able to get a third dose.