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Ernest Betsina, the Ndilo chief of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) was the first person in the community to get their Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday.

While Betsina is pleased that Ndilo was among the communities to receive first doses just over two weeks after vaccinations started in the NWT, he feels the GNWT could have provided more information about the vaccinations before Christmas.

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"A lot of my members don't have internet. They don't have computers. And Elders can't read and write. So it has to be explained to them. All that takes time."

Despite that shortcoming, he feels that seeing some YKDFN members among the vaccination team, such as student nurse Erica Abel has helped ease the tension and hesitancy among some Elders.

Like the current chief, former chief of the Assembly of First Nations and Dene Nation George Erasmus likewise hoped to set an example by rolling up his sleeve Saturday.

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After he quietly received his vaccination, he expressed some surprise that the vaccine arrived sooner in the NWT than he expected.

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The vaccination clinic administered jabs in the gymnasium in Ndilo on Saturday, after immunizing residents of the YKDFN sister community of Dettah on Friday.

Some Dettah residents who couldn't attend Friday's clinic opted to come by on Saturday instead.

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The vaccination team brought 140 doses to Ndilo. By 11 a.m. 40 had been injected into residents' arms.

Speaking in Wiilideh, Elder Michael Francis said he's glad he received his shot and that Ndilo can begin to be protected from the global pandemic.

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According to a , Ndilo is the 23rd NWT community where vaccines have been administered to residents.

More than 512 doses of Moderna have been given to NWT residents so far, according to the GNWTSA国际影视传媒檚 .