Northern Indigenous communities in Sask. face rising COVID-19 cases – CBC

Jan 17, 2022

Government needs to address inequalities in Indigenous communities: federal minister

Communities in the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in northern Saskatchewan have high vaccination rates, but despite that, they’re facing more new cases of COVID-19 — the first signs of the pandemic’s fifth wave in Saskatchewan’s north.

The Omicron coronavirus variant has already shattered pandemic records in Saskatchewan. Case rates were relatively low in northern Indigenous communities — but that feeling of security is fading.

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