Yukon s COVID-19 vaccination rate hits 76 per cent for first shot
Yukon health officials are touting a milestone reached this week more than three-quarters of eligible adults in the territory have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Posted: May 17, 2021 6:52 PM CT | Last Updated: May 18
In January, Agnes Mills was the first person in Yukon to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. As of Monday, 27,153 people in the territory, or 76 per cent of the eligible adult population, had received at least their first shot.(Mark Kelly Photography/Government of Yukon)
The Yukon government’s sudden decision to send local high school students back to full-time classes in April was the source of some intense debate Wednesday in the legislature.
During question period, the government and Premier Sandy Silver were grilled on the decision by Yukon Party MLAs.
Scott Kent, the education critic for the YP, was particularly pointed in his questions.
“As we have said, A Path Forward, which the Liberals released just five days ago, says that, in order to get students back to full-time class in
person in Whitehorse, we need to meet a criteria of and I’ll quote again: ‘High overall vaccination rate for the entire Yukon population.’
A school for Burwash Landing – sought for more than a century – is inching closer to reality.
On Thursday, the Yukon government and Kluane First Nation announced that a tender for an Owner’s Advisor has been posted on Yukon Bids and
Tenders.
The Owner’s Advisor will provide expertise and guidance on the new school project. The tender is scheduled to close in February.
“Moving the current Kluane Lake School from Destruction Bay to Burwash Landing has been a longstanding request of Kluane First Nation,” the
government and First Nation said in a statement.
In June 2020, they signed a memorandum of understanding outlining a commitment to plan and construct a new school in Burwash Landing, which is off the North Alaska Highway south of Beaver Creek.