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Dr. Marcia Anderson, public health lead, Manitoba First Nation Pandemic Response Coordination Team. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES/John Woods
Public health officials in Manitoba need to deal with systemic barriers stacked against Black, Indigenous and people of colour to properly prepare for the fourth wave, a new provincial report states.
Public health officials in Manitoba need to deal with systemic barriers stacked against Black, Indigenous and people of colour to properly prepare for the fourth wave, a new provincial report states.
Manitobans who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour (BIPOC) are much more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 and are four times as likely to need intensive care, says a new provincial report on racial disparities in the third wave. Twice as many BIPOC Manitobans were hospitalized during the third wave than the province expected, the report stated, and Manitoba's age-based vaccine rollout didn't bridge the gap.