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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 8:54 PM CT | Last Updated: April 30
Former Manitoba MLA Kevin Chief got his COVID-19 vaccination at a new Indigenous vaccine clinic at the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre on Higgins Avenue in Winnipeg on Thursday.(CBC)
A prominent former Manitoba MLA delivered a message Thursday for anyone who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination, but has yet to get one. We need you, said Kevin Chief, who joined Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew in getting the jab at new urban Indigenous vaccine clinics that opened on Thursday. Please get this vaccine as soon as possible, said the former NDP MLA for Point Douglas, who is now a community development adviser with True North Sports and Entertainment. It s so, so important.
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Uptake for the second dose of the Moderna vaccination in First Nation communities in Northern Manitoba is going well.
While Manitoba First Nations continue to show higher test positivity rates compared to non-Indigenous Manitobans, many First Nation communities have shown relatively good signs as their Elders continue to receive their vaccination.
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In an online press conference on Tuesday, Dr. Michael Routledge confirmed that there is some improvement in severe cases from the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) Inc. communities due to the vaccine uptake.
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