About one year ago, a local personal support worker received the first COVID-19 vaccine in Windsor-Essex at the St. Clair College SportsPlex, then retrofitted…
Author of the article: Brian Cross
Publishing date: Mar 03, 2021 • March 3, 2021 • 4 minute read • Beginning of the end? Theresa Marentette, CEO of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, leads a media tour of the vaccination clinic set up at the WFCU Centre in Windsor on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Local inoculations are expected to ramp up fast and soon. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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“The beginning of the end” was how Essex County Warden Gary McNamara hopefully described on Wednesday the sprawling new vaccination clinic carved out of the community rinks at the WFCU Centre.
The clinic started Monday, vaccinating people age 80 and up at a rate of six every 15 minutes, or 169 per day. But that number rises to nine every 15 minutes starting Thursday and on Monday a similar centre opens at the Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre in Leamington, with plans for additional locations in the city and county as the flow of vaccine swells.
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Progress continues in the fight against COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex on Monday with the start of vaccinations for seniors in the community ages 80 and older.
It’s the first time the COVID-19 vaccine has been made available to the general public in the region outside long-term care facilities. A mass vaccination site has been set up at the WFCU Centre, 8787 McHugh St.
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“It’s a pretty significant milestone in our community,” said Dr. Wajid Ahmed, the region’s medical officer of health, who attended the WFCU Centre on Monday.
Author of the article: Taylor Campbell
Publishing date: Feb 19, 2021 • February 19, 2021 • 3 minute read • Residents and staff at the Salvation Army residence on Church Street in downtown Windsor were forced outside on Jan 17, 2021, as Windsor firefighters attended a fire. There are currently COVID-19 outbreaks at both of the city s two main homeless shelters. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
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The medical officer of health for Windsor-Essex doubts local pandemic restrictions will ease further any time soon with COVID-19 cases on the rise once again.
Recent data presented by Dr. Wajid Ahmed on Friday showed a slight increase in the region’s infection rate following a weeks-long downward trend. While he attributed the jump to a large outbreak among Windsor’s homeless population, the numbers indicate COVID-19 cases would otherwise be holding steady at best.