Published 13:33 IST, January 29th 2021

Canadian couple secretly gets vaccine meant for indigenous people, may face jail time

Casino executive Rodney Baker and his wife, Ekaterina Baker, an actor, got themselves vaccines which were made for vulnerable and elderly Indigenous residents.

Reported by: Akanksha Arora
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A couple in Cana secretly travelled to a remote community to receive a coronavirus vaccine. Casi executive Rodney Baker and his wife, Ekaterina Baker, an actor, got mselves vaccines which were me for vulnerable and elderly Indigeus residents. w, couple might have to face some time in jail, reports Guardian. 

'Widely condemned'

After violating Yukon’s Civil Emergency Measures Act, couple was fined C$2,300. However, community leers argued that penalty would be insignificant for wealthy couple. As a consequence, Rodney resigned from his position. Records show that he me a C$45.9m profit on stock options over past 13 months. After it was exposed that couple took a plane to a remote community in Yukon territory, couple was ‘widely condemned’. 

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Minister John Streicker said that he was outrd by this ‘selfish’ behaviour. He also said that all of Yukoners are outrd. As per reports by Guardian, couple has been charged with failing to self-isolate for 14 days and failing to act in a manner consistent. On May 4, y have a hearing at Whitehorse court.

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A 'temporary' delay 

In ar significant development, Canian federal officials reported  that re will be a "temporary" delay in Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipments. This was due to pharmaceutical giant's expansion plans at its European manufacturing facility. According to reports by AP, Alberta's Health Minister Tyler Shandro said short will result in an aver of 50 per cent of coming doses being delayed each week. Shandro said, “While unfortunate, such delays and issues are possible when global supply chains are stretched and pushed and demand is high throughout rest of world”.

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13:36 IST, January 29th 2021