COVID-19 vaccine.Provincial health officials say extra doses are being found in vials of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine the province received and started administering last week.
Manitoba tweaks COVID-19 immunization criteria to fill appointments In a release Monday, the province said immunizers have “consistently been able to draw six doses of vaccine from each vial, instead of the expected five.”That means more than 1,300 health-care workers can now get the shot, up from the 900 doses the province originally expected to deliver from the shipment.Those eligible for the first round of shots must be health-care workers whose work involves direct contact with patients and who meet the following criteria:[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter.