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The top doctor at British Columbia’s First Nations Health Authority says she is “hopeful” all Indigenous adults in the province, including those who don’t live on reserves, will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine in the second phase of the immunization program.
B.C. has so far only committed to vaccinating residents of First Nations communities and other Indigenous adults over 65 in Phase 2, despite the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommending that all Indigenous adults be vaccinated during that stage.
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Residents, including Chief Wilfred King, far right, stand at a checkpoint restricting access to their community to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in their remote First Nations community of Gull Bay, Ontario, Canada April 27, 2020. PHOTO BY DAVID JACKSON /Reuters PNimg
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If Canada’s Indigenous population was its own nation, it would rank five spots ahead of Canada on Bloomberg’s world vaccine tracker, which compares countries based on how many doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered per 100 people.
That’s how successful the vaccination program has been in northern and remote Indigenous communities that have been prioritized in the rollout, despite the unique challenges of isolation and a history of vaccine hesitancy born of a mistrust of Canadian health care.
Nearly 16,000 people in B C s First Nation communities have received the COVID-19 vaccine bc.ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bc.ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.