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Winnipeg Free Press By: Niigaan Sinclair | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Feb. 26, 2021
Opinion
This week, and for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, a small amount of off-reserve, urban First Nations people in Manitoba could book a vaccine appointment.
This week, and for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, a small amount of off-reserve, urban First Nations people in Manitoba could book a vaccine appointment.
It’s an encouraging new trend.
First Nations have been administering vaccines to on-reserve residents mostly health-care workers, elders, and long-term care residents. A few have allowed elders living off-reserve to come home and be vaccinated, too.
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Métis and Inuit in Manitoba want better access to COVID-19 vaccines because all Indigenous people suffer disproportionate health consequences during the pandemic.