Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he’s convening a high-level meeting with Indigenous leaders to tackle systematic racism in health care as communities brace for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Miller says the risk that Indigenous people won’t seek care or an eventual vaccine is real if the problems within the health care system are not dealt with.
Joyce Echaquan’s death highlights systemic racism in health care, experts say The number of active coronavirus cases in Indigenous communities is currently at its highest level after rising since mid-August.“Given what we have seen in the last two weeks there is little doubt that the second wave of COVID will hit Indigenous people harder than the first wave,” he told.