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Region lowers vaccine eligibility to to those 45 and older in hot spots
Posted on April 30, 2021 by oshawaexpress in COVID-19, NEWS, REGION
Durham residents aged 45 and older in hot spot areas are now eligible to book an appointment to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.
The province announced they are expanding bookings for vaccine appointments to individuals 45 and older in designated hot spot communities in 13 public health units, including Durham Region Public Health.
Appointments can be booked at designated community mass immunization clinics in hot spot postal code areas.
Further, the province announced child care workers and licensed child care settings are eligible to book their vaccination appointments as well. According to the region, child care workers will require a letter from their employer confirming eligibility.
The Amazon facility in Brampton alone has been linked to over 600 cases of COVID-19.
“We’re bringing vaccines into hot spots. We’re bringing vaccines into essential services,” Government House Leader Paul Calandra said Thursday. “We have vaccinated over four million people in the province of Ontario, despite the fact that we have been having unreliable vaccine delivery from the federal government.”
Peel Public Health said workplaces are chosen based on location, outbreaks and willingness of the employer to operate and fund an on-site clinic for their employees.
“These hot spot workplace and community pop-up clinics are a welcome addition to the variety of ways that we are delivering vaccines in arm,” Peel Region Medical Officer of Health Dr. Lawrence Loh said in a statement.