Inmates in Thunder Bay to be vaccinated after COVID-19 outbreak linked to local jails Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Ontario is rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for prisoners in Thunder Bay this week as the community deals with a surge in cases linked to the city’s jails.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit confirmed to The Globe and Mail that immunizations of all willing prisoners at the city’s two jails are currently under way and that jail staff would soon have the same opportunity.