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Saskatchewan First Nations install cold-chain equipment for COVID-19 vaccine storage
COVID-19 vaccine.The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) serves 33 communities across the province and generally its Prince Albert office is the main distribution point for all vaccines for community members. Coronavirus vaccines arrive in remote First Nations across Canada Tara Campbell, the executive director, said things have changed with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.“In anticipation of following the existing vaccine distribution framework, the NITHA office obtained a -20 C freezer from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) for the sole purpose of Moderna vaccine storage,” Campbell said in an email to Global News.“In addition to our back-up power supply which we already had in place, we added a generator.