Posted: Jan 08, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 8
MLA Lesa Semmler, who is a nurse and worked in health promotion for 20 years, said the government of the Northwest Territories should have provided more public health education before the vaccine arrived so it could gain wider acceptance.(Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
As the Moderna vaccine rolls out in the N.W.T., Indigenous leaders say the territorial government must address vaccine hesitancy if it wants to reach target immunization levels.
The territory received 7,200 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week, and unveiled its
But Inuvik MLA Lesa Semmler says information sessions should have been conducted earlier by community health nurses to increase confidence in the vaccine.
N.W.T. starts administering COVID-19 vaccines
Residents and staff of two long-term care facilities were among the first group to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine today in the N.W.T. as the government began providing the vaccine to residents.
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Residents and staff of Behchokǫ̀ and Yellowknife long term care facilities part of first group to get vaccine
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Posted: Dec 31, 2020 2:06 PM CT | Last Updated: January 1
Caroline Douglas, a resident of the Jimmy Erasmus Seniors Home in Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., gives the thumbs up sign after receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. She was the first person to receive the vaccine at the long-term care facility Thursday. (N.W.T. Department of Health and Social Service)
The first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Canada, with priority given to the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
On Monday night, Health Minister of Canada Patty Hajdu said that the first doses of the vaccine are being distributed to the provinces and territories this week, with the Yukon and Northwest Territories getting priority.
“This is great news for remote and northern communities,” she said.
The first doses of the Moderna vaccine are being distributed to provinces and territories this week, including Yukon and Northwest Territories today! This is great news for remote and northern communities. pic.twitter.com/4zU9TYvCSW
New COVID-19 case in Fort Smith confirmed
The impacted person is isolating at home and doing well, says N.W.T. s chief public health officer. One contact has been identified.
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Posted: Dec 17, 2020 5:18 PM CT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
One case of COVID-19 has been identified in Fort Smith, N.W.T. The person had been travelling within Canada, but outside the territory. (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)
A case of COVID-19 has been identified in Fort Smith, N.W.T.
The person had travelled within Canada but outside the Northwest Territories, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola said in a Thursday press release.
Posted: Dec 13, 2020 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 13, 2020
The only way to get off of this pandemic ride is to stay put this Christmas, says Jessica Davey-Quantick of Yellowknife.(Submitted by Jessica Davey-Quantick) comments
It sucks but you know what would suck more? Being the reason someone dies.
But hark, what s that I hear? The pitter-patter of Karen hooves, here they come a-wassailing 2020 style: But COVID-19 has a low mortality rate, or think of the children. And, my personal favourite, Isn t this over yet?
Repeat after me: the pandemic isn t over just because you re over it.
I booked my tickets from N.W.T. to Ontario in August, when the world was very different. Cases were on the decline, things seemed under control across Canada. But in recent weeks, we ve caught a second wave and the only way to get off this ride is to stay put.