N.S. holds first vaccine clinic in Black Nova Scotian community

For Eugene Anderson, getting his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday was about doing his part to beat the disease.

The 62-year-old was among 250 people who had appointments to receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Upper Hammonds Plains, a community outside Halifax, at the province’s first clinic specifically for Black Nova Scotians.

“A lot of people in the community don’t get outside the community so being able to bring it here for them, there’s no excuse, so I’m really

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