Manitoba public health officials say 490 more people received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, and one person had an "adverse reaction," according to a news release issued on Christmas Eve. The province didn't say what kind of reaction the person had, but Health Canada has advised people with severe allergies to any of the ingredients in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine not to get it. So far, only certain front-line health-care workers are eligible to receive the vaccine in Manitoba. Other eligible workers must meet one of the following criteria:Work in long-term care facilities and be born on or before Dec. 31, 1962. That site was chosen because it has the capacity to store the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which must be kept at ultra-low temperatures.

Source: CBC News December 24, 2020 23:26 UTC