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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Health and Seniors Care Minister Audrey Gordon announces that Manitoba is beginning to immunize children ages five to 11 against COVID-19 starting this week while at a press event at the RBC Convention Centre Thursday afternoon. According to the province thousands of parents have already booked appointments to protect their younger children during the fourth wave of the pandemic and into the holiday season. To help mark the launch of the vaccine campaign, six Manitoba children, joined by their family members for support, received their first dose of the pediatric Pfizer vaccine at the RBC Convention Centre super site in Winnipeg. 211125 - Thursday, November 25, 2021.