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Posted: Mar 13, 2021 6:10 PM PT | Last Updated: March 14
Dr. Shannon McDonald, acting chief medical officer for the First Nations Health Authority, says planning is underway to expand vaccine eligibility to more Indigenous adults who live away from their home communities.(Michael McArthur/CBC)
The top doctor at British Columbia s First Nations Health Authority says she is hopeful all Indigenous adults in the province, including those who don t live on reserves, will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine in the second phase of the immunization program.
B.C. has so far only committed to vaccinating residents of First Nations communities and other Indigenous adults over 65 in Phase 2, despite the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommending that all Indigenous adults be vaccinated during that stage.