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COVID-19 in a remote First Nations community in British Columbia, Canada: an outbreak report

Courtney R. Smith, Charmaine Enns, Dan Cutfeet, Shannon Alfred, Nicole James, Jennifer Lindbeck and Shannon Russell
November 30, 2021 9 (4) E1073-E1079; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210054
Courtney R. Smith
Population Health Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology (Smith), Island Health, Victoria, BC; Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (Smith), Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (Enns), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; ‘Namgis Health Centre (Cutfeet, James); ‘Namgis First Nation (Alfred), Alert Bay, BC; Communicable Disease Program (Lindbeck), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; Public Health Laboratory (Russell), BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC.
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Charmaine Enns
Population Health Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology (Smith), Island Health, Victoria, BC; Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (Smith), Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (Enns), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; ‘Namgis Health Centre (Cutfeet, James); ‘Namgis First Nation (Alfred), Alert Bay, BC; Communicable Disease Program (Lindbeck), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; Public Health Laboratory (Russell), BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC.
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Dan Cutfeet
Population Health Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology (Smith), Island Health, Victoria, BC; Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (Smith), Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (Enns), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; ‘Namgis Health Centre (Cutfeet, James); ‘Namgis First Nation (Alfred), Alert Bay, BC; Communicable Disease Program (Lindbeck), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; Public Health Laboratory (Russell), BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC.
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Shannon Alfred
Population Health Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology (Smith), Island Health, Victoria, BC; Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (Smith), Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (Enns), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; ‘Namgis Health Centre (Cutfeet, James); ‘Namgis First Nation (Alfred), Alert Bay, BC; Communicable Disease Program (Lindbeck), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; Public Health Laboratory (Russell), BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC.
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Nicole James
Population Health Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology (Smith), Island Health, Victoria, BC; Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (Smith), Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (Enns), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; ‘Namgis Health Centre (Cutfeet, James); ‘Namgis First Nation (Alfred), Alert Bay, BC; Communicable Disease Program (Lindbeck), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; Public Health Laboratory (Russell), BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC.
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Jennifer Lindbeck
Population Health Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology (Smith), Island Health, Victoria, BC; Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (Smith), Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (Enns), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; ‘Namgis Health Centre (Cutfeet, James); ‘Namgis First Nation (Alfred), Alert Bay, BC; Communicable Disease Program (Lindbeck), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; Public Health Laboratory (Russell), BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC.
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Shannon Russell
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vol. 9 no. 4 E1073-E1079
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210054
PubMed 
34848548
History 
  • Published online November 30, 2021.
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© 2021 CMA Joule Inc. or its licensors This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original publication is properly cited, the use is noncommercial (i.e., research or educational use), and no modifications or adaptations are made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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  1. Courtney R. Smith, MPH,
  2. Charmaine Enns, MD,
  3. Dan Cutfeet, MD,
  4. Shannon Alfred,
  5. Nicole James, BScN,
  6. Jennifer Lindbeck, MSc,
  7. Shannon Russell, PhD
  1. Population Health Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology (Smith), Island Health, Victoria, BC; Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (Smith), Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine (Enns), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; ‘Namgis Health Centre (Cutfeet, James); ‘Namgis First Nation (Alfred), Alert Bay, BC; Communicable Disease Program (Lindbeck), Island Health, Courtenay, BC; Public Health Laboratory (Russell), BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC.
  1. Correspondence to: Courtney Smith, courtney.r.smith{at}phac-aspc.gc.ca
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Courtney R. Smith, Charmaine Enns, Dan Cutfeet, Shannon Alfred, Nicole James, Jennifer Lindbeck, Shannon Russell
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