On Friday, the AMC said 50 per cent of all active COVID cases in Manitoba are among First Nations people.
Anderson said people should go to the AMC, Southern Chiefs Organization and Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak for reliable information around the vaccine plan.
Addressing the fears
AMC Grand Chief Arlen Dumas said some of the concerns that First Nations have around medical treatments are legitimate. We have to be honest about where the fear comes from, he said. As younger people, in our experience, we have sort of escaped federally sanctioned experiments that were done on our population. These things that were happening to our people… There are people alive today that took part in these experiments. However, it is a different time and a different era.
WINNIPEG Manitoba is getting ready to ramp up its COVID-19 immunization campaign. Plans were unveiled Wednesday to broaden the eligibility criteria in the New Year as more vaccine arrives to get doses into thousands of arms each week. It comes as Health Canada granted approval to a second vaccine to protect people from the virus. “Supply is not the only issue. We also have to be able to transport the vaccine to personal care homes and to all other sites as part of our rollout plan. The approval of the Moderna vaccine today is a positive step,” said Dr. Joss Reimer, Manitoba’s medical lead on COVID-19 immunization.
Shamattawa chief frustrated as First Nation rapid response team leaves community amid COVID-19 outbreak
As a First Nations rapid response team pulls out of Shamattawa First Nation in northeastern Manitoba, the community’s chief says now isn’t the time to withdraw testing capacity from a reserve battling a growing COVID-19 outbreak.
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Shamattawa First Nation Chief Eric Redhead said widespread testing is a big part of the community s pandemic planning, and with the rapid response team gone, their capacity has dwindled.(Tyson Koschik/CBC)
As a First Nations rapid response team pulls out of Shamattawa First Nation in northeastern Manitoba, the community s chief says now isn t the time to withdraw testing capacity from a reserve battling a growing COVID-19 outbreak.
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Before she was barred from visiting her mother at Holy Family Home in Winnipeg, Angie Landry, left, spends time with her mother, Nellie Rogocki. Landry praises the staff at the personal care home for doing everything they can to support her mother.(Submitted/Angie Landry)