All Indigenous peoples ages 18 and up are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine.
The First Nations Health Authority made the announcement Thursday (March 31). While Indigenous peoples living on reserve and in remote communities have already been offered their first dose, the FNHA said this would allow for Indigenous peoples who live elsewhere to get vaccinated. There is no requirement to provide proof of ancestry and all Indigenous peoples, whether status or non-status First Nations, Metis or Inuit, may register.
All people living in a First Nations community have already been offered a dose under the 91裸聊视频渨hole communities91裸聊视频� strategy, but if they have not yet gotten the vaccine, they can still register to receive one.
Indigenous people who wish to get a vaccine should call the call centre for the health authority they live in. Call centres will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day, with reduced hours on statutory holidays. Call centre operators will ask for a legal name, date of birth, postal code, personal health number, phone number and an email address. They will not ask for banking or credit card information, nor for social insurance numbers.
The phone number for the call centres are below:
- 91裸聊视频婩raser Health Authority: 1-855-755-2455
- 91裸聊视频婭nterior Health Authority: 1-877-740-7747
- Northern Health Authority: 1-844-255-7555
- 91裸聊视频媀ancouver Coastal Health Authority: 1-877-587-5767
- 91裸聊视频媀ancouver Island Health Authority : 1-833-348-478791裸聊视频�
These regional call centres will shut down April 18 and will ve replaced with a single phone number for all of B.C.. An online provincial registration and booking system is scheduled to launch on April 6.
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