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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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Most B.C. First Nations communities offered at least one dose of COVID 19 vaccine
March 11, 2021
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VANCOUVER- More than half of the residents of First Nations communities in British Columbia have received at least one dose of
COVID-19 vaccine, but most Indigenous people who live outside of those areas are still waiting.
The First Nations Health Authority says over 30,000 vaccinations have been administered in Indigenous communities, representing about 54 per cent of residents of reserves.
Katie Hughes, vice-president of the public health response team, says people in 143 out of 203 communities have been offered at least one dose and immunization clinics are planned in the remaining 60 before the end of March.
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More than 90 percent of residents living in Indigenous communities on Vancouver Island have now received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
First Nations Health Authority Vancouver Island Regional Director Brennan MacDonald, a member of Cowichan Tribes, says the current vaccination rate for Indigenous communities on the Island is 92 percent.
In an FNHA media briefing, Thursday MacDonald reported they have “administered 9994 first doses to first nations people on Vancouver Island,” and they expect to complete in-community vaccinations this week.
MacDonald says the focus is moving to reach Indigenous people in the broader community to ensure “the vaccine reaches the rest of our indigenous population on Vancouver Island, and building on that foundation of relationships that have been established long before the pandemic that’s enabled us to move so quickly.