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Pop-up vaccine clinics have been deployed to some of the hardest-hit neighbourhoods in Toronto over the past couple of weeks in an effort to improve access in marginalized communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the virus, but the first-come-first-served nature of the clinics is resulting in ridiculously long lineups.
Take the days-long pop-up in the Jane and Finch area, for example, which saw thousands of Humber River-Black Creek residents who have postal codes beginning with M3N vaccinated this week.
There’s a pop-up tomorrow in our Scarborough neighbourhood we will attempt to line-up for, but why should the hardest-hit communities camp out overnight and wait for hours for a limited number of vaccines, with no way of knowing when the next pop-up will appear? Horrible. https://t.co/WWxKbCLsYk
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Data suggests highest risk Toronto neighbourhoods have lowest vaccination rates
by Michael Ranger, News Staff
Posted Apr 7, 2021 6:34 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 7, 2021 at 8:01 am EDT
Eligible recipients get their COVID-19 vaccines at a mass vaccination clinic in Toronto on Monday, March 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Toronto neighbourhoods that have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic also have some of the lowest vaccination rates.
But according to data by ICES, broken down by postal code, the richest neighbourhoods with the lower risk rank among those where the most residents are rolling up their sleeves.
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