Vaccine rollout begins in First Nation communities in Manitoba
January 14, 2021 Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
When the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Pimicikamak Cree Nation last week, the chief asked for 10 elder volunteers to receive the first doses. Almost immediately, there was a lineup at the nursing station, says Chief David Monias.
Active cases on reserve in First Nations communities across Canada has reached an all-time high with 4,384 reported as of Jan.
Indigenous Services Canada announced Wednesday $1.2-billion in new funding for Indigenous communities to continue fighting the
COVID-19 pandemic.
ISC has reported a total of 11,502 confirmed cases on reserves since March, of which 3,082 were in Manitoba, just as an influx of vaccines has arrived. Remote Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba is one of seven First Nations to receive the first allocations of the vaccine approved for use in Manitoba against COVID-19, a week after it arrived in the p
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The Canadian Press
When the Moderna COVID-19
vaccine arrived in Pimicikamak Cree Nation last week, the chief asked for 10 elder volunteers to receive the first doses. Almost immediately, there was a lineup at the nursing station, Chief David Monias says.
Active cases on reserve in First Nations communities across Canada has reached an all-time high with 4,384 reported as of Jan. 12. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) announced Wednesday $1.2-billion in new funding for Indigenous communities to continue fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winnipeg Free Press
Chief David Monias says he s always on call but admits obstetrics isn t exactly his specialty.
Still, the leader of the Pimicikamak Cree Nation was out the door in a flash Monday morning minus one sock and wearing a couple of untied shoes racing to a neighbour s house to help in the premature delivery of a baby girl.
Addy Lee-Ann McKay decided to make her debut early. She was born at just 30 weeks on the Pimicikamak Cree Nation on Monday. Chief David Monias rushed to help, but her grandmother and two medical technicians had the situation well in hand.