Questions mount over lack of COVID-19 vaccination plan for Ontario’s urban Indigenous communities Young, otherwise healthy adults have been presenting with severe illness and require hospitalization, health officials said this week.
Regional COVID-19 data shows the majority of the 349 active cases are located in Timmins and in First Nations communities in the James Bay and Hudson Bay regions.The more infectious Delta variant, which has been spreading in Peel and prompting calls for more vaccine supply, has been detected in the region.
Dr. Lianne Catton, medical officer of health for Porcupine, said the variant was detected through community transmission, meaning it’s likely spreading already.She said the region isn’t ready to reopen.