Region’s top doc says more youth need to be vaccinated
Posted on July 8, 2021 by oshawaexpress in COVID-19, NEWS, REGION
Durham Region’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Robert Kyle, says 67 per cent of Durham Region youth aged 12 to 17 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
While Kyle says vaccination rates are moving in the right direction, he says he would like to see more youth get vaccinated over the summer months, before the start of school in September.
In order to improve access to vaccines for youth, residents 12 to 17 years of age and their unimmunized family members can receive a first dose of Pfizer at local immunization clinics offering Pfizer on a walk-in basis until July 19, without an appointment. Appointments are required for second doses.