Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the nationwide push to prioritize First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities for the COVID-19 vaccine is starting to bear fruit, and that vaccination rates in those communities are now significantly higher than those reported elsewhere.
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Posted: Feb 15, 2021 3:22 PM CT | Last Updated: February 16
Pauingassi First Nation may have some suspected cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom. The military has been working in the community for weeks to help battle an outbreak of COVID-19. (Submitted by the Canadian Armed Forces)
A second First Nations community in Manitoba is under lockdown following the potential discovery of a highly infectious coronavirus variant.
On Monday, the chief of Pimicikamak, also known as Cross Lake First Nation about 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg, confirmed the community has seen at least one suspected case of the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom.
As one remote and isolated First Nation in Manitoba awaits confirmation of seven possible COVID-19 variant cases, another suspects a variant case may be in its community as well.