It was recognized early on that there was a much higher burden of risk in Nunavut and in other remote indigenous communities. With the absence of other supports or reduced supports and services in other areas, increased access to vaccination is one way to offset that increased burden of risk. It appears to have helped.
By this time in the Arviat outbreak, three weeks into it, almost 5% of the community had been diagnosed with COVID-19. We're two and a half weeks into the outbreak in Iqaluit, and the numbers are still rising, but not as fast, so it has made a difference already when we compare the two communities.
Thank you.