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The medical officer of health for Windsor-Essex is urging people to ask their doctors questions about COVID-19 vaccines instead of “falling into the trap” of misinformation on social media.
In an effort to bolster confidence in the shots approved by Health Canada and being administered locally by the thousands each week, Dr. Wajid Ahmed on Wednesday shared evidence of the jab’s efficacy.
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With more than 82 per cent of area residents age 60 and older inoculated with at least one dose, and those living in long-term care and retirement homes fully immunized, “we are not seeing cases in that age group,” Ahmed said.
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The announcement that Pfizer will ship vaccines to Canada from its Michigan plant means Windsor could soon start receiving more doses at a faster rate, according to the CEO of Windsor Regional Hospital.
David Musyj said the first shipment from Kalamazoo, Mich., will arrive in Windsor this week.
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“If we were to have a good sign about future supplies, stability of future supplies and increase of future supplies, it’s the fact Pfizer is now shipping from Kalamazoo to us,” he said. “It provides comfort for us.”
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Windsor’s first-ever walk-up pop-up vaccine clinics ran out of doses mere hours after opening Monday morning with hundreds arriving early and braving rainfall to roll up their sleeves.
A line of more than 200 wrapped around Mackenzie Hall and the former Windsor Jail beside it by 8:45 a.m., 15 minutes before the one-day COVID-19 vaccine clinic officially opened its doors to let a few clients in. So many showed up that the local health unit decided to allot the west-end pop-up an extra 150 doses.
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The Windsor Essex County Health Unit has expanded COVID-19 vaccination booking to those 18 years of age or older living in “hot spot” postal code areas.
Previously the Health Unit’s mass vaccination clinics were only available to those aged 40 and older in hot spot areas, and are available to those aged 50 and older in non-hot spot postal code areas.
The Health Unit’s booking website was updated Monday morning to accept booking from those meeting the new criteria. It comes after the province announced Sunday that booking would be available due to an increase in provincial vaccine supply.
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WINDSOR, ONT. Windsor-Essex residents aged 18 and older living in specific “hot spot” postal codes are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine at three of the region s targeted vaccination clinics. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit announced Monday they will be expanding the vaccine availability to those 18 and older living in specific hot spot area codes including: N8X, N8Y, N9A, N9B, N9C, N8H, and N9Y. “We recognize that provincially those in hot spots are having real issues and we are happy to move along and we did ramp up very quickly on the weekend to get the website updated, our booking system updated and the media release out to inform people,” WECHU CEO Theresa Marentette says.