One Yukon Coalition hosted a webinar on how we use technology to enhance community health outcomes. Participants had an opportunity to learn about our past and future projects and provide feedback.

Dr Raywat Deonandan, Epidemiologist and Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa, joins Yukon First Nations COVID Coordinator, Math'ieya Alatini to chat about Living with COVID-19, communications strategies, understanding the difference between pandemic and endemic, vaccine equity, risk management strategies against an airborne virus, thinking ahead on strategies for the fall/winter 2022 respiratory virus season, long COVID, wastewater testing, and the future of COVID-19 vaccines.

Dr. Elliot, Yukon's acting Chief Medical Officer of Health, joins Math'ieya Alatini, Yukon First Nations COVID Coordinator to provide an update on the COVDI-19 and the Omicron wave.

(1:35) Dr. Elliot provides an update on the new NACI recommendations for 12-17 year old Indigenous youth to receive boosters and why Yukon is offering boosters to all youth 12-17.

(7:47) Dr. Elliot talks about myocarditis and the risks of contracting how the risks are greater of contracting it from COVID-19 than the vaccines.

(10:06) Dr. Elliot talks about the updated guidance that for Yukoners who just had COVID-19, and were due for a booster, to wait 90 days from infection to get the booster.

(11:39) Dr. Elliot cautions that if you get COVID-19, the importance of reaching out for medical advice if you're sick for more than 5 days with shortness of breath, chest pain and fever.

(14:31) Dr. Elliot talks about self-managing COVID-19 at home and the importance of having a plan in place in case someone gets sick.

(17:40) Dr Elliot talks about Paxlovid and how the treatment can help people from getting seriously ill from COVID-19