Manitoba is doling out $1.9 million in cash and scholarships as a way to encourage more people to get a COVID-19 vaccine. WATCH | Pallister announces vaccine lottery:Manitoba premier announces vaccine lottery CBC News Manitoba 1:31 Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announced the province will put up $2 million in cash and scholarships as lottery prizes for people who have been vaccinated. Pallister said the lottery system, which will include anyone who has been vaccinated by certain set dates, gives the public an incentive to get vaccinated sooner. In recent weeks, Manitoba has been forced to send intensive care unit patients to other provinces because ICUs are full. That number is considerably lower in some areas of the province, particularly in the southern Manitoba health districts of Stanley (14.9 per cent), Winkler (28.2 per cent) and Hanover (33 per cent).

Source: CBC News June 09, 2021 13:34 UTC