COVID-19 vaccine efforts Thursday.Task force lead, Dr. Joss Reimer, will be joined by operations lead, Johanu Botha, for a 12:30 p.m.
press conference. COVID-19: Manitoba offers wage subsidy to encourage hiring vaccinated employees Global News will stream the event live in this story.Second-dose eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine expanded Thursday to include people who received their first dose on or before June 6.Anyone age 12 and up is eligible to book a first-dose appointment.Because young Manitobans between the ages of 12 and 17 are only eligible for the Pfizer vaccine — for which there is a shortage in the province — adults with Pfizer appointments can now transfer their own Pfizer appointments to their children.