We re serious about it
On Monday, Mathias Colomb Cree Nation set up a hard lockdown. The community had already been in a lockdown since January, but people were still leaving the community to go shopping, Bighetty said.
That will no longer be possible because there s a roadblock set up to stop winter road access except for essential reasons, she said. We re serious about it, Bighetty said. I was really worried because I knew that the people were out and about was getting me really worried because I knew it was going to escalate.
Lorna Bighetty is the chief of Mathias Colomb Cree Nation. (Zoom)
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Residents of Indigenous communities in Manitoba are testing positive for COVID-19 at rates nearly five times the national level, and some of the spread has been linked to essential trips to access health care.
Residents of Indigenous communities in Manitoba are testing positive for COVID-19 at rates nearly five times the national level, and some of the spread has been linked to essential trips to access health care.
It s unclear exactly how public health officials keep track of the number of cases that have been linked to medical travel. Neither the federal nor provincial government responded to a
Vaccination of Northern Manitoba First Nations people against COVID-19 has begun with the first doses of the Moderna vaccinearriving in Norway house Cree Nation and Cross Lake Jan. 7. Pimicikamak. . .