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Eligibility opens for early second dose of COVID-19 vaccine Written by Ryan Forbes Wednesday, May 19 2021, 5:01 AM Those now eligible include for the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine include Indigenous residents, healthcare workers, emergency responders, essential caregivers of Long-Term Care Home residents and those with specific health conditions.
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A new group of the northwestern Ontario community is now eligible for an early second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, ahead of the typical four-month wait.
The hockey hub mass vaccination clinic is proving to be a huge success.
The Grey Bruce Health Unit says in Hanover on Wednesday, 3,498 doses of the vaccine were administered, the most recorded in the province in one single day.
They also report that 36,028 vaccine doses were given out in Grey Bruce as of yesterday.
They say that represents 21 percent of the 150,000 eligible residents in Grey Bruce, well above the provincial average of 16 percent.
The health unit that with the first phase complete, they will be beginning Phase Two of the Province’s vaccination plan.
Here is a breakdown of the numbers from Phase One:
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Grey Bruce Health Unit administered 3,498 vaccines at the Hockey Hub mass immunization system in Hanover on Wednesday, April 7. To the Health Unit’s knowledge, this is the largest volume single-day mass immunization event in Canada.
On average, the Hockey Hub mass immunization system vaccinated 350 people per hour.
Clinic staffing included five vaccinators working at all times (including one volunteer physician), serving five rows of 30 pods each, total 150 vaccine pods. An additional 10 staff were reconstituting vaccine, mixing and drawing into syringes. There were eight registration desks and 20 volunteers inside (three four-hour shifts), 10 town volunteers coordinating parking outdoors and four Grey County EMS volunteers assisted in both clinical and non-clinical capacities.
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