Inequalities contributed to COVID-19 surge in western First Nations
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Many First Nations across the country used checkpoints and lockdowns to keep the novel coronavirus out of their communities as cases spiked elsewhere. APTN News
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Inequalities contributed to COVID-19 surge in western First Nations
Isolated communites fared well at first, but experts say when COVID arrived crowded housing helped it spread
How we did it
The Signal wrote a computer program to gather First Nations COVID data