As Ontario lifts more COVID-19 restrictions, First Nations in the province’s north are still grappling with the Omicron surge.
Chiefs from several northern communities were briefed Wednesday about the COVID-19 situation, and the Sioux Lookout First Nation Health Authority outlined the difference in northern data about the virus compared to the south.
“While things elsewhere in the province are maybe moving ahead and have all the resources at their disposal. First Nations in this region again do not have access to all the infrastructure that someone else down south might have access to,” said Dr. Lloyd Douglas, the top public health physician for the Sioux
