Sagkeeng First Nation shares vaccine doses with nearby communities to prevent waste – Global News
April 29, 2021
To prevent vaccine wastage, a Manitoba First Nation just 1.5 hours north of Winnipeg, is offering their extra doses to people in surrounding communities.
“It’s a good thing what we’re trying to do because I would hate to waste a vaccine because we didn’t get enough people in our community,” says Derrick Henderson, Chief of Sagkeeng First Nation.
Henderson says about 900 residents in Sagkeeng First Nation have been vaccinated, yet as of Wednesday, they have roughly 200 unused Moderna doses.
Henderson believes the excess doses are due to vaccine hesitancy.
