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The union representing federal corrections workers says its members want a Correctional Service of Canada COVID-19 vaccination plan that’s limited to inmates to include staff.
They also want to know why an institution like Saskatchewan Penitentiary, where there is a large outbreak, is not part of the first phase of the plan.
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The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers’ national president Jeff Wilkins said the CSC informed him of the plan on Monday afternoon, but the union hadn’t been consulted. He said he was told each region received a certain number of doses and that in the Prairie region 10 people at the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon would be a part of a “trial run.”
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The union representing federal corrections workers says its members want a Correctional Service of Canada COVID-19 vaccination plan that’s limited to inmates to include staff.
They also want to know why an institution like Saskatchewan Penitentiary, where there is a large outbreak, is not part of the first phase of the plan.
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Try refreshing your browser, or CSC says it will start first phase of inmate COVID-19 vaccinations Friday Back to video
The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers’ national president Jeff Wilkins said the CSC informed him of the plan on Monday afternoon, but the union hadn’t been consulted. He said he was told each region received a certain number of doses and that in the Prairie region 10 people at the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon would be a part of a “trial run.”
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Some researchers and doctors in Saskatchewan say they’re perplexed by the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations.
The province had received 13,675 vaccine doses as of Dec. 31, according to the federal government, but had only administered 4,254 of them about 31 per cent as of Tuesday.
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University of Regina psychologist Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos said he wants to know what’s taking so long. As the research chair in aging and health, he works with residents of long-term care homes, who are anxious to get the vaccine.