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Manitoba to give nearly $2M in prizes to people who get vaccinated

Manitoba to give nearly $2M in prizes to people who get vaccinated-Milenio Stadium-Canada
Manitoba will award $1.9 million in cash and scholarships to people 12 and older who get a COVID-19 vaccine. (Peter Scobie/CBC)

Manitoba is doling out $1.9 million in cash and scholarships as a way to encourage more people to get a COVID-19 vaccine. 

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The prizes will be awarded in two draws — one for people who get their first dose by Aug. 2, and another for those who get their second by Sept. 6. Anyone 12 and older who gets a vaccine will automatically become eligible to win.

“We need Manitobans to get vaccinated. The sooner we get vaccinated, the sooner we get our lives back. This lottery gives Manitobans a reason to move faster to roll up their sleeves, not once but twice,” said Premier Brian Pallister as he made the announcement alongside Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries president and CEO Manny Atwal.

Each draw will award three prizes of $100,000 in the Winnipeg health region, and one $100,000 prize in each of the Prairie Mountain, Southern, Interlake-Eastern and Northern health regions. Churchill, which is part of the Winnipeg health region, will be grouped in with the Northern Health Region for the lottery.

Only people 18 and older will be eligible for the cash prizes.

But those age 12 to 17 can win scholarships. Each of the two draws will award 10 $25,000 scholarships.

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries will conduct the draws, with a third-party auditor providing oversight.

There will be a way for people to opt out of the lottery if they choose.

Research by the province suggests very few people refuse to get a vaccine — about two per cent of the population.

The rest are vaccine hesitant for various reasons, including language barriers, cultural or religious concerns, wanting to know more about the science, or difficulty getting to a vaccine site.

While the lottery doesn’t directly address those challenges, Pallister said it is just one part of the overall campaign.

“We have an advertising campaign that’s underway … we have literature available, we’ve been promoting the availability of additional information, we’ll continue to do that,” he said.

Last week, the province announced it will provide up to $1 million for grants of up to $20,000 that groups can use to reach out to people hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

Manitoba’s vaccination rate for first doses among eligible people 12 and older is at 66.7 per cent, as of Tuesday.

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).

CBC

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