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COVID-19 immunization centre for Indigenous seniors opening Monday

Author of the article: Alanna Smith Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021  •  March 12, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Elder Earnest Poundmaker, with The Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary (AFCC), left, Beth Woytas, director of programs with OKAKI health intelligence, have a conversation during a press conference at Canada s first Indigenous COVID-19 immunization clinic at Circle of Wisdom Elders and Seniors Centre in Calgary on Friday, March 12, 2021. Photo by Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia Article content A first-of-its-kind immunization clinic for Indigenous seniors is set to administer COVID-19 shots beginning Monday in a “safe, comfortable and familiar” space for community members who might have otherwise been apprehensive to get vaccinated.

COVID-19 Live Updates: News on coronavirus in Calgary for March 13

Article content My COVID Story: How have you been impacted by coronavirus? Postmedia is looking to speak with people who may have been impacted by COVID-19 here in Alberta.  Have you undergone a travel-related quarantine? Have you received your vaccine, and if so did you feel any side effects? Have you changed your life for the better because of the pandemic? Send us an email at reply@calgaryherald.com to tell us your experience, or send us a message via this form. Calgary pharmacies offering COVID-19 vaccine This map shows all 48 Calgary pharmacies that are offering the COVID-19 vaccine. Appointments are still necessary and can be booked by contacting the participating pharmacies. Details on eligibility and booking can be found here.

Provinces are urged to consider urban Indigenous residents as priorities for vaccine roll out

Provinces are urged to consider urban Indigenous residents as priorities for vaccine roll out  February 19, 2021  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On February 11, 2021 Jocelyn Formsma, Executive Director of the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC), appeared on the First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) Weekly Virtual Town Hall podcast to discuss vaccinations for urban Indigenous people and the advocacy that the NAFC is pursuing to make it happen. “I should preface this by saying that anything we say that is critical of  1/8the vaccine 3/8 response? is not to be interpreted at the expense of what is happening on-reserve in the North and for First Nations, Inuit, Metis government,” began Formsma.

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