Hamilton Health Sciences stops taking out-of-region COVID patients cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted: Mar 01, 2021 11:56 AM ET | Last Updated: March 1
The Hamilton Public Health Services mobile vaccine clinic is now offering COVID-19 vaccines to workers and residents in Hamilton s shelter system.(Kate Dubinski/CBC News)
Health-care workers, shelter workers and people aged 85 and older are on the list for the COVID-19 vaccine in Hamilton this week.
More than 15,270 people are fully vaccinated in Hamilton now, and health-care agencies have administered more than 33,850 doses of the vaccine so far, both through a fixed Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) site and a mobile clinic.
Meanwhile, the provincial government is working on providing public health units with a vaccine booking tool to implement locally.
Hamilton releases timeline for when seniors 60 and older can get COVID-19 vaccine cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Last Updated Friday, February 26, 2021 4:15PM EST Starting Monday, Hamilton will begin vaccinating residents 85 years of age or older and York Region will allow residents 80 years of age or older to start booking appointments to receive their COVID-19 shot. The two local public health units announced these updates to their immunization plans on Friday. In a news release, Hamilton Public Health said they will be able to begin vaccinating those turning 85 years of age by the end of the year or older starting on March 1 at the St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton West 5th COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. The public health unit said those in that age category who have received care at a Hamilton hospital or a Hamilton hospital clinic over the past six months will be contacted with an appointment time starting on Friday.