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Pending Health Canada’s approval of the pediatric Pfizer vaccine and the National Advisory Council’s anticipated recommendation, Manitoba will be ready to roll out the next phase of the provincewide #ProtectMB vaccine campaign targeted at children ages five to 11.

The COVID-19 viral-vector vaccine Janssen will be available to those ages 18 and older by the end of this week. The vaccine will be available at some pharmacies and medical clinics. A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is now available to all adults with a minimum of six months after their last dose, with limited exceptions.

Manitoba Hydro filed its 2021-22 Interim Rate Application with the Public Utilities Board (PUB) yesterday requesting an overall average five per cent electricity rate increase, effective Jan. 1, 2022. The Corporation was directed to file an application with the PUB following cancellation of Bill 35 and the associated electricity rate increase.

Hospitals throughout the province will soon welcome third- and fourth-year nursing students as they join care teams within surgical, medicine and mental health units to support the delivery of health services for Manitobans while gaining valuable paid experience in a clinical setting.

A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is now available to all adults with a minimum of six months after their last dose, with limited exceptions. A total of 2,119,969 doses of vaccine have been administered in Manitoba.

Today’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate is 5.9 per cent provincially and 3.1 per cent in Winnipeg. As of 9:30am on November 15, 2021, 399 new cases of the virus have been identified since Friday: 140 cases on Saturday, Nov. 13; 102 cases on Sunday, Nov. 14; and 157 cases today.

A Winkler police officer has been charged in connection to an assault incident that occurred in September of this year. The Independent Investigation Unit first advised it had launched an investigation into this matter on September 14, 2021.

New swine transport trailer design guidelines under development by the Prairie Swine Centre are expected to help improve the cleanability, safety and animal welfare aspects of equipment used to transport pigs.

RCMP are reporting that a 56-year-old Interlake man has recently died as the result of a single-vehicle collision on Highway 8, north of Riverton, Manitoba.

The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) is investigating after Brandon Police Service (BPS) used a “less lethal” firearm to subdue a male, resulting in minor injuries.