Vaccine distribution has begun on a handful of Manitoba reserves as a task force reports that 61 per cent of the people with active COVID-19 in the province are First Nations.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WINNIPEG-Vaccine distribution has begun on a handful of Manitoba reserves as a task force reports that 61 per cent of the people with active COVID-19 in the province are First Nations.
Manitoba’s First Nation COVID-19 pandemic response team says as of Monday there were 1,578 active COVID-19 cases on reserves and 514 in off-reserve First Nations populations.
First Nations now account for 40 per cent of new infections while making up about 10 per cent of the overall Manitoba population.
Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer, says there are unique challenges with the virus’ spread in remote and isolated communities.