The province of Manitoba announced that they’re widening the eligibility for a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccines to anyone aged 70 or older along with any indigenous resident aged 50 or older.

The widening will include all residents of personal care homes along with assisted living facilities and any First Nations, Inuit and Metis people aged 50 or older no matter where they live.

This announcement is coming off recommendations from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) after they advised all provinces on Tuesday to begin to prepare for second booster doses to be available for those 80 and older.

The province previously made a recommendation in December for those who are immunocompromised to receive their fourth dose.

The province and NACI say that the fourth dose should be either Moderna or Pfizer and will be allowed to be administered 6 months after the third dose.

In Manitoba, the second boosters will be available as early as Mid-April and the province will continue to release information as more age groups become eligible.