Regina mayor pushes for city to get to 85% vaccination rate with lip-sync video

In a video, RCMP officers,health workers, firefighters, Regina police, dancers from the Rider Cheer Team, Roughriders and ReginaMayor Sandra Masters dance along and lip-syncto the song It Takes Twoto encourage COVID-19vaccinations.

All summer the cities of Regina and Saskatoon have been holdinga friendly COVID Vaccine Challenge.The mayor of the city with the lower amount of vaccinations in a month hasto do a lip-sync video.

In June, Regina had more vaccinations. As a result, SaskatoonMayor Charlie Clark lip-synced to The Last Saskatchewan Pirateon the South Saskatchewan River.

In July, Saskatoon gave out more shots. As a result, Masters lip-synced to It Takes Twoby Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock.

In a statement, Masters said the lyrics, "it takes two to make a thing go right"is meant to convinceall remaining residents to do their part and make sure they get fully vaccinated with two shots.

As of Monday, Aug. 16, the Saskatchewan Health Authority said Regina is 70.66 per centfully vaccinated.

"I would still like to see 85 per cent double vaccination in Regina," Masters said in a release. "We want residents of our cities to be safe and healthy. If this video gets the message out to more people to get fully vaccinated, then we've done a good thing."

Regina residents can find out more about pop-up vaccine clinics at Regina's outdoor pools at Regina.ca/COVID19.