saskatchewan ranked second last, ahead of only neighbouring alberta, in the share of those 12 and older who are eligible with at least one vaccine dose, according to information compiled by the federal government.
in saskatchewan, 74.8 per cent have received a first vaccine dose, well back of the national average of 80.3 per cent, statistics dated july 24 show.
saskatchewan sits eighth among the 10 provinces and three territories in the share of those 12 and older who are fully vaccinated.
muhajarine, who has been serving on a committee that offers advice on vaccines to the province since december, called the province’s vaccine rate “fairly good.” but he said more people need to be immunized to stop a so-called fourth wave in the fall.
he applauded efforts like holding a pop-up vaccine clinic at mosaic stadium for friday night’s saskatchewan roughriders cfl home opener.
“we need to keep doing that, so it shouldn’t be just a one-off thing for the home opener,” muhajarine said.
muhajarine, who also serves on a committee tracking research on vaccine effectiveness, said his thinking has changed since may, when he thought there was no need for vaccine passports.
quebec is expected to become the first province in canada to introduce some sort of vaccine passport system to prevent unvaccinated people from taking part in certain activities.