Inmate vaccination plan rolls out; COVID spreads at Willow Cree Healing Lodge
The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to federal inmates.
The 600 doses were distributed Friday amongst Saskatoon’s Regional Psychiatric Centre, the Regional Treatment Centre in Ontario, Drummond Institution (Quebec), and Springhill Institution (Nova Scotia). According to a statement from the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), planning for further clinics is underway.
“Under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA), CSC has an obligation to provide essential health care to inmates. To this effect, we will be vaccinating the inmate population,” the statement said.
The CSC statement goes on to explain they have been working closely with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and received doses of the Moderna vaccine, which was recently approved by Health Canada.