Winnipeg Free Press By: Dylan Robertson Save to Read Later Dr. Marcia Anderson, public health lead, First Nation Pandemic Response Co-ordination Team, gives the vaccine to Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dumas in March. Anderson is encouraging all Indigenous people to get the shot. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press) First Nations officials are urging Indigenous Manitobans to get vaccinated as more infectious COVID-19 variants surge on and off reserves. First Nations officials are urging Indigenous Manitobans to get vaccinated as more infectious COVID-19 variants surge on and off reserves. "The average age of deaths is going down for First Nations people," Dr. Marcia Anderson said Friday, the same week two First Nations people in their 20s died from COVID-19.