An Open Letter to the People of Saskatchewan from your Community Medical Health Officers in Saskatchewan
On Monday, March 29, 2021, the Province of Saskatchewan launched a campaign titled Stick It To COVID aimed at encouraging Saskatchewan residents to get their COVID-19 vaccine when it’s their turn.
One of the most important things we can ask you to do is get vaccinated. The vaccines available are safe, effective and they will save countless lives. They are also part of our path back to normalcy. But for some, the effect of the vaccines will not come soon enough. Unless we take all of our other public health precautions seriously in the days ahead, some will not survive to see those normal days.
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A joint statement regarding the roll out of COVD-19 vaccine in the First Nations communities was released yesterday.
Lynne Innes, CEO of WAHA and Dr. Lianne Catton, Medical Officer of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit (PHU) announced that vaccinations will be administered in Moosonee this week, for those in congregate living settings.
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Various health agencies: PHU, Weeneebayko and Area Health Authority (WAHA), ORNGE, Health Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) have been working together to support the immunization process.
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