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Indigenous Communities Facing COVID Surge

Canada’s Indigenous communities are being hit hard by the second wave of the pandemic.

Indigenous Services Canada says there have been almost 1,100 new cases in the past week.

Among Indigenous communities, 2,200 cases are considered active now.

Out of those, 200 are impacting Indigenous communities in Ontario.

Indigenous adults are supposed to be among the first to receive the vaccine but the government is still working on the logistics of making it available.

  • Randy Thoms is a veteran news broadcaster with over 40 years' experience. He is based in Fort Frances and covers stories across northwestern Ontario. Contact Randy at thoms.randy@radioabl.ca.

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