OTTAWA --
The highest physician for Indigenous Companies Canada says he is cautiously optimistic the Omicron-driven wave of the pandemic could also be flattening throughout First Nations.
Dr. Tom Wong, the division's chief public well being officer, says for this to occur nationally, communities want to keep up their well being measures.
As of final week the division reported almost 85 per cent of individuals 12 and older residing on First Nations have acquired each their doses of vaccine to guard in opposition to COVID-19.
Wong says there are communities in each area with lower-than-anticipated vaccine uptake, and to this point solely 20 per cent of adults on reserve have been immunized with a 3rd booster dose.
The division says there are at the moment roughly 5,000 lively circumstances on First Nations.
Wong says now isn't the time for leaders to calm down well being guidelines introduced in to blunt the unfold of COVID-19 as a result of the Omicron variant is extremely contagious.
"There may be gentle on the finish of the tunnel -- however not now," he mentioned throughout a briefing Thursday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 20, 2022.
Dr. Tom Wong, Chief Medical Officer of Public Well being solutions a query throughout a press convention in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Sean Kilpatrick)
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