{"id":573760,"date":"2026-03-31T21:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573760\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:58:18","slug":"manitoba-government-tasking-pharmacists-with-giving-measles-shot-to-young-people-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573760\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba government tasking pharmacists with giving measles shot to young people \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

WINNIPEG \u2013 Pharmacists in Manitoba are now able to administer the measles vaccine in a new move aimed at curbing the spread of the highly contagious infection.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The provincial government says beginning immediately pharmacists will be able to provide the vaccine to Manitobans between the ages of two and 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The change comes after the provincial association representing pharmacists called for a collaborative approach to address the rising case count.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPharmacists in Manitoba are now able to administer the measles vaccine. A dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination awaits the next patient during a vaccine clinic at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ont. on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS\/ Geoff Robins<\/p>\n

Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara says expanding access to the vaccine is a common-sense step that will help more Manitobans get protected.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vaccines will remain available through existing providers, including public health clinics, physicians, nurse practitioners and midwives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n

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Data from Health Canada indicates that Manitoba accounts for more than half the total case of measles across the country this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 31, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2013 Pharmacists in Manitoba are now able to administer the measles vaccine in a new move aimed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-573760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}