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Vaccines Still Play a Major Role in Preventing the Spread of COVID-19.

Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin reports the province is currently experiencing an increase in COVID-19 transmission largely the B-A-2 variant.  He explained B-A-2 is found to be more contagious than the original Omicron variant and we’re seeing that in many jurisdictions in Canada and throughout the world but they haven’t witnessed an increase in severity.  He notes as of their last run of sequencing B-A-2 represented about 60 percent of the transmission in Manitoba at this point.

             

Roussin adds vaccines are still the best way to protect ourselves and those around us noting about 80 percent of 12 to 17 year olds have two doses, 88 percent of adults have two doses and about 50 percent of residents have received their third dose.  He noted we’re seeing an increase in hospital admissions mostly related to those 80 plus and a decrease in more severe cases with ICU admissions but we seem to have reached a plateau in numbers.

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