The province of Ontario will not receive any Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines the week of Jan. 25 and is expecting limited doses in the first weeks of February.
Vaccine rollout begins in First Nation communities in Manitoba
January 14, 2021 Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
When the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Pimicikamak Cree Nation last week, the chief asked for 10 elder volunteers to receive the first doses. Almost immediately, there was a lineup at the nursing station, says Chief David Monias.
Active cases on reserve in First Nations communities across Canada has reached an all-time high with 4,384 reported as of Jan.
Indigenous Services Canada announced Wednesday $1.2-billion in new funding for Indigenous communities to continue fighting the
COVID-19 pandemic.
ISC has reported a total of 11,502 confirmed cases on reserves since March, of which 3,082 were in Manitoba, just as an influx of vaccines has arrived. Remote Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba is one of seven First Nations to receive the first allocations of the vaccine approved for use in Manitoba against COVID-19, a week after it arrived in the p
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When the Moderna COVID-19
vaccine arrived in Pimicikamak Cree Nation last week, the chief asked for 10 elder volunteers to receive the first doses. Almost immediately, there was a lineup at the nursing station, Chief David Monias says.
Active cases on reserve in First Nations communities across Canada has reached an all-time high with 4,384 reported as of Jan. 12. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) announced Wednesday $1.2-billion in new funding for Indigenous communities to continue fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Eunice Fiddler, Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler’s mother, received her Moderna COVID-19 vaccination on Jan. 7 at the William A. George Extended Care Facility in Sioux Lookout. (Submitted photo)
Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler stressed the importance of getting vaccinated for COVID-19 after his mother was the first resident to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at the William A. George Extended Care Facility in Sioux Lookout.
“This is my mom the one who has held me and kept me safe,” Fiddler says in a Jan. 7 tweet. “And she is still looking out for me and for all of us in our community by being one of the first in NAN (Nishnawbe Aski Nation) to roll up her sleeve and get vaccinated against COVID-19. This is how we will end this pandemic.”
Moderna vaccine being administered at Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
Officials with the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre said they have received the Moderna vaccine, becoming the first rural and northern community to get a supply of the second vaccine approved by Health Canada.
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Posted: Jan 07, 2021 11:14 AM ET | Last Updated: January 7
Eunice Fiddler, 85, was the first resident at the William A. George Extended Care Facility in Sioux Lookout to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.(Submitted by Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre)
The first doses of a second approved COVID-19 vaccine are being administered in northwestern Ontario.