Omicron’s community transmission could ‘rapidly escalate’ in coming days, Tam warns Lake Country has the lowest proportion of children vaccinated within the Central Okanagan, with five per cent having had one shot.That matches the North Okanagan as a whole.Fve per cent of children ages five to 11 in Vernon/Coldstream have received their first shot, three per cent in Lumby and two per cent in Enderby.Salmon Arm currently has a five per cent vaccination rate with one dose, while the North Okanagan /Lumby area has three per cent, Enderby has two per cent and Salmon Arm has a rate of five per cent.The South Okanagan has higher rates of immunization with 11 per cent of Summerland children reportedly having one shot, 13 per cent of Penticton.

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