Most vulnerable in Kahnawake receive COVID-19 vaccine as community campaign begins
Ninety-year-old Warisó:se Myrtle Bush was the first elder living at home in Kahnawake, Que., to receive a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as the Kanien kehá:ka (Mohawk) community began its mass vaccination campaign this week.
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Posted: Mar 04, 2021 7:20 PM ET | Last Updated: March 5
Kahnawake s vaccination clinic opened on March 4, with 90-year-old Warisó:se Myrtle Bush being the first elder to receive the shot.(Submitted by Jenny Kjono)
Quebec s fourth priority group in its preliminary vaccination plan consists of isolated and remote communities. While that does include many Indigenous communities, Whiteduck said there s been no information as to where a community like Kitigan Zibi fits in. There s no transparency around this. Sadly, it s going to affect and it s going to probably kill some First Nations people. And that s what I don t want, he said. Maybe the feds need to take control of it and administer for First Nations here on out because Quebec is obviously not doing an adequate job in handling this.
Working in collaboration
Quebec s Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) said it is working in collaboration with Indigenous partners and Indigenous Services Canada to plan a vaccination operation in the Indigenous communities.