February 21, 2021
Over 8,000 Indigenous people now vaccinated against COVID-19 in Northern Ontario
More than 8,000 Indigenous people in First Nations communities in Northern Ontario have been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the provincial health ministry.
As mobile teams fly into remote communities, a new website developed in part by Toronto health care professionals and an educational campaign created by a regional health authority are trying to counter vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous people.
Dr. Lisa Richardson, an internal medicine specialist, an Anishinaabekwe physician, and