Winnipeg Free Press By: Niigaan Sinclair | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Feb. 26, 2021
Opinion
This week, and for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, a small amount of off-reserve, urban First Nations people in Manitoba could book a vaccine appointment.
This week, and for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, a small amount of off-reserve, urban First Nations people in Manitoba could book a vaccine appointment.
It’s an encouraging new trend.
First Nations have been administering vaccines to on-reserve residents mostly health-care workers, elders, and long-term care residents. A few have allowed elders living off-reserve to come home and be vaccinated, too.
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The Manitoba government is starting to offer COVID-19 vaccines to the general public, beginning with older people.
It’s a milestone for the vaccination plan, which has so far focused on specific groups such as health-care workers and nursing home residents.
With vaccine shipments growing, the province has started booking appointments for First Nations people 75 and over and for others 95 and up.
Métis and Inuit in Manitoba want better access to COVID-19 vaccines because all Indigenous people suffer disproportionate health consequences during the pandemic.
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