1st Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine lottery winners to be announced Aug. 16

As Manitoba gets closer to achieving all its vaccination goals, the winners of the first round of the"vax-to-win" lottery will be announced on Aug. 16, Premier Brian Pallister said at a news conferenceTuesday.

Adults who received a first COVID-19 vaccine dose by the end of Aug. 2 will be entered to win up to $100,000. Vaccinated minors will be eligible to receive a $25,000 scholarship.

Winners will be announced at the Leila supersite.

"Wouldn't that be nice. If you get your second dose on or before Sept.6, again, you'll be in the second draw," said Pallister.

As of Tuesday, 80 per cent of eligible Manitobans age12 and up had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the news release said. The provinceexpectsto reach 75 per cent with two doses within the next week.

"We're so close to achieving all of our vaccinationmilestonesbutto reach that Labour Day immunization milestone ... we need 25,000 second dose vaccinations, and I'm confident we can reach that goal any day now," Pallister said.

"Please, get vaccinated, keep following those fundamentals."