By Ryan Young
May 14, 2021 | 12:06 PM
The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced a handful of drive-thru and walk-in vaccine clinics that will take place this week.
Yorkton is holding another drive-thru vaccine clinic today (Fri) from 11:30AM to 3PM at the St. Mary’s Cultural Center.
Walk-in clinic will also be held tomorrow (Sat) at the Horizon Credit Union Centre in Melville from 8:30am-4pm.
All those 23 years of age and older are eligible, and the clinics are on first come, first served basis.
(Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Premier Scott Moe believes Saskatchewan’s seniors have thrown down the gauntlet when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations.
Now he wants younger people in the province to pick it up.
“We’re happy with the uptake of the vaccines thus far,” Moe said during a media conference Tuesday. “We’re happy with the high numbers that we see in our elderly years population and (that’s) really challenging our more youthful years in the population to try to meet those numbers that our parents and our grandparents have hit.”
As of Tuesday, 88 per cent of those 80 and over had received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, as had 86 per cent of those between the ages of 70 and 79 and 80 per cent of those in their 60s.
Effective,8:00 a.m., May 12, 2021, eligibility in the provincial age-based immunization program moves to 26 years of age and older, except for residents living in the Northern Saskatchewan . . .
The drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Regina s Evraz Place.
(Saskatchewan Health Authority/Twitter)
The drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Saskatchewan’s two largest cities are gearing up to accept patients again.
Everyone aged 26 and over can attend the clinics. The age of eligibility is to fall to 23 and over on Friday.
The drive-through clinic at Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park reopened Wednesday and is to be open until 8 p.m.
It’s also to run Thursday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or until its vaccine supply is gone.
The drive-through at Regina’s Evraz Place is to be open for business Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. It’s to operate between those hours on Friday and Saturday as well, and on Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those hours depend on vaccine supply.
By Ryan Young
May 11, 2021 | 2:42 PM
The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced a handful of drive-thru and walk-in vaccine clinics that will take place this week.
Moosomin is hosting a walk-in clinic today (tue) from noon to 8pm, located at the Moosomin Communiplex.
Walk-in clinics are also being held at the Kipling Recreation Centre on Thursday from 10am-6pm, and at the Horizon Credit Union Centre in Melville on Saturday from 8:30am-4pm.
Meanwhile, a drive-thru clinic will be set up at St. Mary’s Cultural Centre in Yorkton on Thursday that will take place from 11:30am-7pm.