Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson
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Manitoba First Nation Pandemic Response Coordination Team public health lead Dr. Marcia Anderson: “We’re going to see even higher hospitalization rates in even younger First Nations people, if we don’t do something about it.
OTTAWA First Nations leaders are trying to drum up an interest in COVID-19 vaccinations and fight conspiracy theories to avoid a catastrophic third wave.
OTTAWA First Nations leaders are trying to drum up an interest in COVID-19 vaccinations and fight conspiracy theories to avoid a catastrophic third wave. We’re going to see even higher hospitalization rates in even younger First Nations people, if we don’t do something about it, Dr. Marcia Anderson said Friday, just moments after Manitoba officials said the province has entered its third wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Posted: Apr 09, 2021 8:50 PM CT | Last Updated: April 10
Pimicikimak Cree Nation Chief David Monias receives his second COVID-19 shot from University of Manitoba Rady Faculty of Health Dean Dr. Brian Postl. (Cameron MacIntosh/CBC)
The chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation says 65 per cent of his community s eligible population has been vaccinated against COVID-19.
The community also known as Cross Lake, located about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg held a mass vaccination clinic the last week of March, immunizing hundreds of members each day.
A second mass clinic was held over two days this week for anyone else who wanted the shot. I m very proud … it s a big community, said Chief David Monias.
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Long Plain told to stop giving away doses as band struggles to fill appointments on reserve By: Dylan Robertson | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021
The team overseeing COVID-19 vaccinations for Manitoba First Nations told one reserve to stop giving shots to non-Indigenous people with no ties to the community, as band councils struggle to get appointments filled.
The team overseeing COVID-19 vaccinations for Manitoba First Nations told one reserve to stop giving shots to non-Indigenous people with no ties to the community, as band councils struggle to get appointments filled. We were reaching for 80 per cent of the population to get vaccinated, and we re going to be nowhere near that number, Long Plain Chief Dennis Meeches told the
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The COVID-19 vaccination effort on Manitoba First Nations is ramping up with 100,000 doses planned to be put in the arms of people living on reserve in the next 100 days.