Google/Vaccine Hunters Canada
Paven Dhaliwal heard there might be a COVID-19 pop-up vaccination clinic opening near her Surrey home at Newton Athletic Park on Wednesday morning, when her sister alerted her with one word: “Run.”
“I didn’t even have time to put on socks or wash my face,” said Dhaliwal, who took off and sprinted to the site.
The 24-year-old retail worker arrived to find more than 250 people already in line, some of whom had camped out overnight in the hopes the rumours about the clinic were true.
It was 7:30 am.
She stood in the cold rain, shivering, until a nurse handed her a ticket and told her that everyone aged 18+ was eligible and to stay put for a chance at a vaccine.