Manitoba’s chief physician says health officials are changing the terms for a second booster vaccine against COVID-19.
Dr Brent Rusin, chief provincial public health official, said anyone over the age of 50 is now eligible for their fourth dose of the vaccine, while indigenous people aged 30 and over can get a booster.
Rusen also noted that the interval between doses also decreased, decreasing from six months to four months.
“Vaccination is the best way to protect ourselves. So, please, if you have not received your first, second or third dose, please take it as soon as you qualify for it, as soon as you become eligible for it,” Rusen said. .
This comes after Rusen said COVID-19 levels are stabilizing in Manitoba, according to recently collected data.
“This wave was mostly wave BA.2. Almost our entire sequence was BA.2,” Rusen said.
He noted that there are downward trends in both hospital and intensive care, noting that these statistics have already peaked in Manitoba.
Rusen also addressed the number of deaths recently reported in the province, 16 during the week of May 8-14.
“There are a number of factors in the game. One is just the nature of Omicron, the way we see such a widespread infection,” he said. “The other thing is the nature of public health not investigating each of these cases. So just like in the hospital, where we see that you know, 75 percent of the people admitted there with COVID are not there for COVID. So we are very likely to see things that are connected by chance. “
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