Saskatchewan health minister says province’s low COVID-19 vaccination rate is skewed
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Well being Paul Merriman says the province’s low COVID-19 vaccination fee is an underestimation, regardless of information from the Public Well being Company of Canada displaying in any other case.
The latest information compiled by the federal company reveals that Saskatchewan and Alberta every have a vaccination fee of 73 per cent amongst their eligible populations — the bottom amongst some other province or territory.
However Merriman mentioned he wouldn’t say Saskatchewan’s fee is the bottom.
He recommended it’s an underestimation as a result of individuals have moved out of province and are getting their photographs elsewhere, however their well being information stay in Saskatchewan.
He mentioned it’s leading to skewed numbers — though he didn’t disclose by how a lot.
Merriman mentioned the well being authority is wanting into cleansing up the info.
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