Province Announces Updated Eligibility for Free Hepatitis A Vaccine

The Manitoba government expanded eligibility for free hepatitis A vaccines to include people six months or older who live in Indigenous communities, travel regularly to such communities, or have household visitors from those communities. The outbreak, first announced in April 2025, has resulted in about 898 reported cases, 197 hospitalizations, eight ICU…

The event announces a Hepatitis A vaccine clinic at The Pit Stop by Nine Circles Community Health Centre on August 4 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am, with eligibility expanded to include all individuals aged six months or older who live in, travel to, or have household visitors from an Indigenous community in Manitoba; certain inmates, staff, and volunteers…

The province has expanded eligibility for the hepatitis A vaccine. The announcement was posted on July 24, 2026.

Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care expanded eligibility for a free hepatitis A vaccine to all individuals aged six months or older who live in, travel to, or have household visitors from an Indigenous community in Manitoba, with a second dose still available for qualifying children born on or after January 1, 2010. The outbreak, declared in…