Manitoba’s current supply of vaccine will be used up in a week: officials

Officials from Manitoba’s vaccine implementation task force say the province’s current supply of vaccine will be used up in a week and there are some concerns long-term about delays in shipments.

The task force says a shipment of 28,000 Moderna vaccines has been delayed for at least a week.

The province is expecting 40,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine per week and 50,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine next week.

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To date 183,563 doses of vaccine have been administered in Manitoba, including 127,101 first doses and 56,462 second doses.

The province’s online vaccination portal says officials plan on delivering another 263,898 immunizations across Manitoba over the next 28 days, if supply is available.

–With files from The Canadian Press