This B.C. community will vaccinate all eligible residents by April

Prince Rupert city councillor Blair Mirau says in 2020, the community had no COVID-19 transmissions, but by January it had some of the highest rates in B.C. All 12,000 residents will be vaccinated in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. Mirau talks about the factors that make residents in this northern city more vulnerable and why vaccinating all eligible adults by next month is necessary.

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