Province urges Manitobans to combat upcoming flu season with vaccinations

Provincial wellness experts are asking Manitobans to rotation up their sleeves erstwhile again, with flu season conscionable astir the corner.

Dr. Brent Roussin, the province’s main nationalist wellness officer, said it’s particularly important for radical considered high-risk to get a flu shot.

“(High-risk radical include) those implicit property 65, who we would promote to get the high-dose influenza vaccine,” helium said, “residents of idiosyncratic attraction homes oregon semipermanent attraction facilities, large people, children six months of property to 5 years of age, Indigenous people, arsenic good arsenic those with underlying chronic wellness conditions.”

Last year, influenza A had the astir terrible outcomes successful the province, helium said — astir exclusively successful radical who weren’t up to day connected vaccines.

Roussin said the state is expecting a fairly typical respiratory microorganism season, but it’s hard to predict.

“As we proceed to hole for the upcoming respiratory microorganism season, each Manitobans six months of property and older are encouraged to get their escaped influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations.”

Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said successful a connection Wednesday that the NDP authorities has been making advancement erstwhile it comes to its predetermination promises to reconstruct Manitoba’s health-care system.

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“I promote each Manitoban to get vaccinated and support yourself, your loved ones and your broader assemblage safe,” Asagwara said.

“The erstwhile authorities failed to hole for respiratory microorganism season, they made cuts to wellness attraction and refused to perceive to front-line workers. We’ve made important advancement successful 1 twelvemonth and the strategy is prepared to conscionable an accrued request for attraction during this hard season.”

Vaccines are disposable astatine aesculapian clinics passim the province, arsenic good arsenic ACCESS centres, vaccine clinics, pharmacies and nursing stations, and done nationalist health. Full details of the 2024 vaccine run are disposable on the province’s website.