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COVID-19 immunization rates limited by supply of vaccine
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The vaccine remains in short supply as Waterloo Region health officials prioritize the immunization of long-term care and retirement home residents.
Mobile clinics began rolling out January 12, helping to boost region-wide totals to 12,000 shots by week’s end as stock on hand was used up and officials awaited another shipment this week.
“The priority right now is to transfer the Pfizer vaccine to the mobile clinics so that vaccinations can continue in the mobile clinics with long-term care and retirement home residents being the priority,” Waterloo Regional Police Deputy Chief Shirley Hilton, who heads the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force, said at a briefing January 15.