Global News published this video item, entitled “Canadian Indigenous Services minister, health officials provide COVID-19 update | FULL” – below is their description.
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller along with associate deputy of Indigenous Services Valerie Gideon and Dr. Tom Wong, chief medical officer of health will be providing an update on the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Indigenous communities.
The update comes amid a “deepening state of emergency” in the Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario as a result of surging COVID-19 cases in the community that are primarily among youth who are under 18 years old.
The situation has led to a complete lockdown of the community, while six people who are over 18 and weren’t vaccinated have also been airlifted out to Kingston, Ont., the chief confirmed Tuesday.
As of Monday afternoon, the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) confirmed a total of 216 COVID-19 cases in Kashechewan, a community of about 1,800. The nation’s chief Leo Friday said most of those cases are among children and teenagers who haven’t been vaccinated from the novel coronavirus.
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