The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority will be operating four clinics during the final week of mass H1N1 immunizations beginning today. With a recent drop in visitor turnouts, the province announced recently that the shot will now be available at doctors’ offices. The following three clinics will run from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. until Thursday, [...]

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is scaling back the number of H1N1 flu shot clinics in the city for a second time. All eight remaining clinics will be open until the end of this week, and then only four will be open next week. St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (2255 Grant Ave.) — Final Week [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein The H1N1 flu shot will now be made available in doctors’ offices. Manitoba Health officials made the announcement Tuesday morning, and again, urged everyone to get the vaccination. Dr. Joel Kettner, chief provincial public health officer, noted that people are still very much at risk of contracting the H1N1 flu virus, [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority will scale back its mass H1N1 immunization clinics beginning Monday. Earlier in the week, the WRHA said a select number of locations were not receiving the traffic volume as others. Because of that, only the following eight locations will now be available to administer the H1N1 [...]

You don’t generally think of hockey when talking about H1N1, but Thursday at the Legislative Building, Dr. Joel Kettner, chief provincial public health officer, was full of the winter sport analogies. Watch: For good measure, towards the end of the news conference, Health Minister Theresa Oswald added that Manitoba is the “Stanley Cup of Canada” [...]

Manitoba Health said Thursday that they plan on moving away from the mass H1N1 immunization clinics shortly and allowing doctors to vaccinate patients at their office. A specific date on when that would happen wasn’t provided. The WRHA said a number of their mass immunization clinics are not performing as well as others and will [...]

The Winnipeg Regional Authority said Friday that as of this morning, it has run out of its current supply of the H1N1 vaccine with adjuvant. Clinics are still open, but will only be able to administer people with the non-adjuvanted vaccine, which pregnant women are receiving. The non-adjuvanted vaccine is also recommended for anyone aged [...]

On Wednesday, provincial health officials opened up flu clinics to any Manitoban who wanted the H1N1 vaccine. Because of that, supply is running low at Winnipeg’s 12 immunization clinics. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority expects the vaccine to run out by either later today or tomorrow. This means that only the non-adjuvanted vaccine will be [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein Manitoba health officials confirmed today a second person has died as a result of contracting the H1N1 flu virus. The person was an adult between the age of 18 and 65 with no known underlying medical conditions. This is the second death in the second wave of the flu — five [...]

Manitoba health officials announced Wednesday that effective today, any Manitoban wishing to get the H1N1 flu vaccine can do so — whether they are on the priority list or not. If you believe you will benefit from getting the shot, you’re encouraged to visit any of the many clinics being operated in the province. Because [...]

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has created a Facebook page to help keep citizens updated with information surrounding the organization. The WRHA says the page is meant to provide real time updates on events and news occurring in the Winnipeg Health Region. Right now, the page lists H1N1 information, such as vaccination clinic locations and [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein Earlier today, we told you about 500 doses of the H1N1 vaccine being wasted in Toronto over the weekend due to expiration. Several media inquiries has made the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority report how many doses of the vaccine have been wasted locally. “Approximately 0.22 per cent of the total amount [...]