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Posted: Dec 09, 2020 1:49 PM ET | Last Updated: December 9, 2020
The town of Kuujjuarapik on the Great Whale River in Nunavik. Inuit and Crees cohabit the area (the latter call it Whapmagoostui). The Quebec government has identified both Nunavik and James Bay as priority regions for the COVID-19 vaccine.(Catou MacKinnon/CBC)
Remote northern communities can be found near the top of the Quebec government s list of vaccination priorities, just behind CHSLDs, health-care workers, and seniors homes.
There are excellent reasons for that: vulnerable elderly people and a high prevalence of chronic illness, scant health-care resources, and a system that is more easily overwhelmed. But the challenges are also many.
The logistics of inoculating people in regions that are accessible only by air are daunting
Remote northern communities can be found near the top of the Quebec government’s list of vaccination priorities, just behind CHSLDs, health-care workers, and seniors’ homes.
There are excellent reasons for that: vulnerable elderly people and a high prevalence of chronic illness, scant health-care resources, and a system that is more easily overwhelmed. But the challenges are also many.
For one thing, getting a supply of stable vaccine to some areas that are accessible only by air, and then getting people to the vaccination location, requires plenty of advance planning.