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Doses of COVID-19 vaccine expected in 60 B.C. First Nations by next week – Times Colonist

VANCOUVER — Doses of COVID-19 vaccine are expected to reach close to 60 First Nations in British Columbia by the end of next week.Several Indigenous communities…

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VANCOUVER Doses of COVID-19 vaccine are expected to reach close to 60 First Nations in British Columbia by the end of next week.
Several Indigenous communities have seen significant increases in COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks, said Dr. Shannon McDonald, the acting chief medical officer for the First Nations Health Authority.
Cases on reserves previously represented a quarter of the more than 2,500 reported cases among Indigenous people in B.C., but that’s risen to 40 per cent, she said at…

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