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Melanie Ferris has been encouraging community members to get their shots. (Melanie Ferris/Facebook) Article continues below advertisement ↴ Some Portage residents outside of the current vaccine eligibility groups managed to receive a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month. In order to prevent wasting expiring Moderna vaccines, Long Plain First Nation expanded eligibility at a vaccination clinic being held at its Keeshkeemaquah Urban Reserve last week. The clinic was planned for Long Plain s on-reserve band members who live in Keeshkeemaquah Village who did not have transportation to clinics held on the main reserve. Chief Dennis Meeches says that the goal was to vaccinate at least 80 per cent of the on-reserve population but are nowhere near that lofty figure and that members are apprehensive about receiving the COVID shot. As a result, the decision was made to offer the expiring doses to the many businesses and people that work with Long Plain.

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