COVID-19 has 'spread like wildfire' through Kashechewan — and children are suffering most: Miller
"It has spread like wildfire among the people who aren't vaccinated. It's a warning for other communities," Miller said, predicting a "difficult week" for Kashechewan.
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While the number of new COVID-19 cases has dropped precipitously nationwide, Kashechewan First Nation in northern Ontario is in the grips of a troubling new wave of coronavirus infections — and most of its victims are children.
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said today there are now 232 active COVID-19 cases in Kashechewan, an isolated community of roughly 2,000 people in the northern reaches of Ontario.
Miller said children and adolescents make up a "majority" of those infections because vaccines are currently limited to those 12 years of age and older.
Kashechewan alone now accounts for a quarter of all the active COVID-19 cases reported in Indigenous communities nationwide.
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According to the article, older peoples have set up a firewall of sorts with a high rate of vaccines. The younger people/children are the highest cases and as with many indigenous communities, housing is a problem resulting in large family groups living in the same household. A deadly combo.