vaccine

Remote communities first to receive vaccines for all eligible adults

Vaccines for the general population will arrive in mid-March. 


Residents in the NWT’s most remote communities should expect to see mobile vaccination teams arrive starting next week. On Tuesday, the territorial government released its strategy to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. While the majority of doses will be kept for priority groups over the next two months, some communities will…


NWT to receive 51K doses of COVID vaccines in early 2021

The territory is aiming to vaccinate 75 per cent of the adult population within the first three months of the year.


The NWT chief public health officer (CPHO) says the territory will be receiving thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccines within the first few months of 2021.  The territory is expecting over 51,000 doses — enough to vaccinate 75 per cent of NWT residents aged 18 and older. Each person will…