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A first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations has swept the far north east.
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) Chief Peter Beatty said as of Tuesday, the First Nation was set to finish getting shots into members’ arms less than a week after receiving its first doses.
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Despite a delay that concerned some leaders, “we’ve vaccinated as many people as we possibly could,” he said.
The region, which received 1,450 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine late last week, is slated to use the entire batch in short order. As of Tuesday, 1,193 doses had been distributed in the far north east, according to the Ministry of Health.