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Sex worker support organization hosts low barrier vaccine clinic at Zanzibar Tavern
by Dilshad Burman and news staff
Posted Jun 4, 2021 10:47 am EDT
Last Updated Jun 5, 2021 at 7:06 am EDT
Maggie’s Toronto – one of Canada’s oldest by and for sex worker support organizations – hosted a vaccine clinic at the Zanzibar Tavern on Friday in partnership with Unity Health and Sherbourne Health.
The clinic administered first doses of the Pfizer vaccine and prioritized those who need access to the vaccine in a low barrier and surveillance-free setting. No appointment, identification, proof of address or OHIP card was required to get vaccinated.
Zanzibar Tavern will be doling out COVID-19 vaccines Friday afternoon. Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project is running the clinic at the strip club near Yonge Street and Gerrard Street West from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. The location will focus on providing first doses to sex workers and other marginalized communities who have been […]
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Often overlooked and forgotten during the pandemic, Toronto’s sex workers are being offered a much-needed shot in the arm.
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While the clinic is meant to ensure sex workers receive their shot in a safe environment, Maggie’s Board Chair Ellie Ade Kur told the
Sun they’re making sure anybody who wants to get vaccinated can get one.
“We’ve partnered with a number of local agencies in the downtown east side to make sure these clinics are able to reach people living in encampments, people without status, people who don’t necessarily have proof of address,” she said.