Author of the article: Brian Cross
Publishing date: Mar 17, 2021 • 4 days ago • 2 minute read • Dean Giffen was the first individual to be vaccinated at the centre by paramedics with the Vulnerable Patient Navigator team, which has also started inoculating vulnerable residents in certain apartment buildings under the direction of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. Photo by Town of Essex /Windsor Star
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Dean Giffen said he’s “feeling very blessed,” after being the first person to receive a shot Wednesday at the new COVID-19 vaccine clinic for people who are homeless.
“I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time,” he told the paramedics with Essex-Windsor EMS, who are administering the shots along with members of the Community Response and Stabilization Team (CRST).
On Thursday, paramedics with Essex-Windsor EMS went door-to-door of a Windsor apartment building and asked seniors who were 80 and older if they'd like to get the first dose of the vaccine. In total, 44 people were given a shot.
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Paramedics with Essex-Windsor EMS have begun inoculating vulnerable residents in their homes instead of having residents travel to mass vaccination clinics.
Members of the Essex-Windsor EMS Vulnerable Patient Navigator team vaccinated 44 residents of an apartment building who had pre-registered for the mass vaccination clinics for those aged 80 and over, but who would have had difficulty accessing sites in Windsor and Leamington.
The residents received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine and will be scheduled to receive a second dose. The team plans to continue vaccinating eligible residents in the same apartment building and will then move on to another.