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MAKKOVIK, N.L.
Inuit Elder Willie Ford has become the first person in Labrador s Nunatsiavut region to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Labrador s Inuit government said in a news release Ford received the Moderna vaccine at 9:18 a.m. in Makkovik, a town of about 375 people along Labrador s north coast.
Makkovik s AngajukKak, or mayor, Barry Andersen, said today on Twitter the vaccination marks a historic day for the community and the region, given the devastating impacts of the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed about a third of Labrador s Inuit population.
He also notes that despite the region s vulnerabilities, there have been zero cases of COVID-19 reported in the area since the pandemic first arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador last spring. ....

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