Nunavut Officials Urge Residents to Get COVID Vaccine, About 400 Shots Given so Far

Michael Patterson, Nunavut's chief public health officer, speaks to reporters at a press conference in Iqaluit on November 6, 2020. The Canadian Press/Emma Tranter

IQALUIT, Nunavut—Nunavut officials are urging residents to get immunized against COVID-19 as the vaccine starts to roll out across the territory.

Chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, says about 400 people have so far received their first doses of the Moderna vaccine.