There are 197 active instances of COVID-19 in First Nations reserves in Canada as of October 13, according to data from Aboriginal Services Canada.
In an update released on October 9, the federal branch said it was running to access point-of-care controls in First Nations communities. The federal branch signed an agreement with Abbott Rapid Diagnostics to acquire up to 20. 5 million Panbio COVID-19 Immediate Antigen Checks. The test kit, the size of a toaster, can produce effects in thirteen minutes.
In the following week, 158 new cases have been reported in reserve. This is the number of new cases that have affected Aboriginal communities to date in the pandemic.
New instances continue to accumulate in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
An increase in new cases was also reported at the Six Grand River Nations in southern Ontario over the long Thanksgiving weekend. Ohsweken Public Health has shown 14 active cases and 33 likely cases related to personal meetings in the community.
“Our physical care staff is exhausted and the contact search has not yet been completed. Opinions and recommendations on physical care cannot be ignored; they work 24 hours a day to keep us safe,” Lori Davis Hill, director of fitness facilities at Ohsweken Public Health, said on a Tuesday.
There have been a total of 880 cases in reserve since the beginning of the pandemic. Six more hospitalizations have been reported since last week, bringing the total to 66, and the number of deaths remains 13. have recovered from the disease.
Total number of First Nations reserves across the region reported as of October 13:
More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the First Nation of Little Grand Rapids in Manitoba. As of October 11, another 30 people tested positive, prompting a special reaction from the federal government, adding the installation of two isolation stores and the shipment of Canadian Red Cross Equipment. Clementine Keeper, an Anishinaabe woman living in Winnipeg, sent 280 bags of hand-picked cedar strands to the First Nation. To date, seven First Nations of Manitoba have reported cases of COVID-19: First Nation Peguis, Little Grand Rapids, Poplar River, Sagkeeng First Nation, York Landing, Split Lake and Fisher River First Nation.
Prince Albert Mayor Saskatchewan and Cree nation leader Peter Ballantyne said organizers of Prince Albert church meetings that were related to a regional COVID-19 outbreak will be fined through the provincial government. -19 fitness guidelines.
A multi-stage welfare crusade targeting the First Nations in northern Manitoba has presented a public interest announcement encouraging flu vaccination. Developed through Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin, the crusade aims to publicize the well-being and ability of others to fight infections like COVID-19.
Stanley Mission, a First Nation in northern Saskatchewan, closed several of its buildings and blocked the road to the grid after an increase in COVID-19 cases. The Lake La Ronge Indian Band reported six cases shown, with 92 close contacts with them. tested positive, many of whom live in Stanley Mission.
The Northern Intertribal Health Authority, which serves Aboriginal communities in northern Saskatchewan, warns of exposures to COVID-19 at two massive rallies in northern Saskatchewan, both exhibits were held at funerals or revivals at Pelican Narrows and Waterhen Lake.
As the C. C. B. The government has developed a list of essential products in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, and bureaucrats wonder how to justify the ongoing structure of primary business projects such as C and LNG Canada, according to documents received through CBC News. show that government workers have worked to streamline these projects, allowing these projects to continue despite widespread closures in other spaces and calls from First Nations chiefs and others to close them.
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