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Indigenous leaders are encouraging people to get first doses of COVID-19 vaccines
BY , Jan 11, 2021 6:27 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Specimens to be tested for COVID-19 are seen at LifeLabs after being logged upon receipt at the company's lab, in Surrey, B.C., on March 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Indigenous leaders are encouraging people to roll up their sleeves and start getting COVID-19 vaccines.
The encouragement comes as First Nations across Canada start receiving doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Six of 14 Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations on Vancouver Island were priority recipients of doses of Moderna's vaccine last week.
Mariah Charleson, vice-president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, says the council employs nurses who are among those administering vaccinations so people see a familiar face they know and trust.
She says health officials need to work with communities to ensure the COVID-19 vaccination program is culturally appropriate.
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