VICTORIA Vaccinations against COVID-19 have expanded on Vancouver Island as health officials began administering vaccines to health-care workers in long-term care homes in central and northern Vancouver Island on Thursday. Island Health says it received an additional 3,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, allowing immunizations to expand beyond health-care workers in Greater Victoria. Clinics are now open in Nanaimo and Campbell River for health-care workers and support staff, including volunteers working at long-term care centres. Island Health says eligible workers and volunteers will receive a direct notice from the health authority to book an appointment. “Our number one goal throughout this pandemic has been to protect our residents,” said Sharron Traub, manager of Dufferin Place long-term care home in Nanaimo, in a statement Thursday. “Providing the vaccine to frontline health-care workers in long-term care is a critical line of defence to keep this