Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Expected in 60 BC First Nations by Next Week

The first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose in Canada is prepared at the Michener Institute in Toronto on Dec. 14, 2020. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

VANCOUVER—Doses of COVID-19 vaccine are expected to reach close to 60 First Nations in British Columbia by the end of next week.

There have been significant increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities in the last two weeks, said Dr. Shannon McDonald, the acting chief medical officer for the First Nations Health Authority.