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Officials say the targeted COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Vancouver s Downtown Eastside has been a success, with the community nearing herd immunity. ....
VANCOUVER Just off Vancouver s Hastings Street, in the city s Downtown Eastside, a team of nurses and outreach workers gather in an alley. Together they set-up a tent, table and a white board with the words DTES Residents 1st Dose scrawled across it. There s a much greater risk of COVID transmission here, said Elizabeth Holliday, who heads the community s vaccine rollout program. We ve really tried to bring clinics to where people are people, rather than expecting people to come to us. The neighborhood is one of the most marginalized and poorest in all of Canada. It s also been a COVID-19 hotspot in B.C. For weeks, vaccination teams have been targeting the area in hopes of slowing the virus spread. The effort has paid off, with officials saying the community is getting closer to herd immunity. ....