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'Wild West': New fee-based Ottawa clinic to open

'WILD WEST': New fee-based Ottawa clinic to open as community health leader calls for more funding

Children receive COVID-19 vaccine in Ottawa as push continues to vaccinate all residents

A big day for nine-year-old Aiden Schulz as he gets his first COVID-19 vaccine shot at CHEO, in spite of his fear of needles.

City of Ottawa to target all adults in high-risk neighbourhoods for vaccinations

  OTTAWA With Ottawa s COVID-19 supply set to increase, the city is poised to step up efforts to vaccinate people in the neighbourhoods hardest hit by the pandemic. Ottawa Public Health’s plan to vaccinate all adults in high-risk communities will use a “targeted approach,” including pop-up clinics and other outreach measures, officials say. These neighbourhoods will be the first areas of the city where everyone 18 and older will be eligible for shots. Officials are expected to announce details of the rollout on Monday or Tuesday. “It is super important to target everyone over the age of 18 in these neighbourhoods, because people living in these neighbourhoods are at higher risk,” said Kelli Tonner, executive director of the South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre.

Community health centre aims to bust myths about COVID-19

The South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre is aiming to bust myths about COVID-19 and vaccines in a town hall-style virtual meeting for community residents on Wednesday evening.