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Posted: Feb 01, 2021 12:26 PM CT | Last Updated: February 1
A resident becomes the first in Peguis First Nation to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.(Peguis First Nation/Facebook)
When Manitoba begins its age-based COVID-19 vaccine rollout starting with older adults next month, First Nations people who are 20 years younger will also be eligible at the same time.
For example, when members of the general public who are over 80 begin begin to get vaccinated, First Nations people over 60 will also be eligible, in light of the disproportionate impact the virus has had on Indigenous people, Dr. Marcia Anderson said at a news conference on Monday.
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation borders the heavily travelled Trans-Canada Highway in western Manitoba, yet the community held back waves of COVID-19 cases that swept the area last year.
In the opposite corner of the province, Shamattawa First Nation, a remote fly-in community in northeastern Manitoba, had an outbreak so severe that the Canadian military was flown in to help after one-third of the 1,500 residents were infected.
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COVID-19 checkstops on the roads into Peguis FN only allowing residents and essential workers in.
How the two communities, situated 900 kilometres apart, have been impacted by the pandemic speaks to the complexity of COVID-19, and the dramatic variabilities among the 63 reserves in Manitoba.
Posted: Jan 27, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 27
A senior was the first in Peguis First Nation to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Chief Glenn Hudson says 237 out of 270 vaccines have been administered, and the rest will be used up on Wednesday.(Peguis First Nation/Facebook)
In many Manitoba First Nations, there are far more people who want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine than there are available doses.
Within weeks of arrival, communities like Sagkeeng First Nation, York Factory First Nation, Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and Pimicikamak Cree Nation have used up all their doses on the most vulnerable members. We have 200 vaccines that arrived on Jan. 7. That was five [minutes to] 7 p.m. and by 7:07 we were able to vaccinate the first person right away, said Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias.
Pallister schooled for COVID-19 finger-pointing
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Premier Brian Pallister went out of his way Thursday to draw attention to the actions of a First Nations leader who eased restrictions for visitors over the holidays, as a reminder of what happens when you run a victory lap too soon.
Premier Brian Pallister went out of his way Thursday to draw attention to the actions of a First Nations leader who eased restrictions for visitors over the holidays, as a reminder of what happens when you run a victory lap too soon.
Premier Brian Pallister went out of his way Thursday to draw attention to the actions of a First Nations leader who eased restrictions for visitors over the holidays, as a reminder of what happens when you run a victory lap too soon.