WINDSOR, ONT. --
Windsor-Essex is expected to get double the amount of COVID-19 vaccine doses over the next few weeks, according to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.
Health unit CEO Theresa Marentette says the region will be receiving around 22,000 vaccine doses for the week of May 3 and May 10.
“It would be double what we are receiving right now,” says Marentette.
The region received about 10,000 to 12,000 doses a week in April.
Marentette says some of the additional doses will be allocated to the hotspot postal codes
WECHU is working on plans for a pop-up in the downtown area and the possibility of pharmacies distributing Pfizer, in addition to AstraZeneca.