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Matawa Health Co-op hosts COVID vaccination clinic for high-risk people

The clinic is open by appointment only at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition Heritage Building. MHC says priority is being given to vulnerable individuals, particularly those 60 years old and over, including transients, the homeless, precariously housed and those having mental health and addictions issues. Arrangements for these populations have been made over the past week to ensure their participation in the clinic. Indigenous adults are  among the priority groups identified by Ontario s COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force. MHC said it had the medical staff, training and infrastructure in place to enable it to move quickly to immunize the urban Matawa population in Thunder Bay.

40 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Thunder Bay District

Thunder Bay Transit drivers frustrated by passengers not wearing masks (2 Photos)

One driver tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week. However. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 966 President Fred Caputo is not aware if a contact source has been identified. Transit manager Brad Loroff said the department has not been contacted about the case by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit. On instructions from the TBDHU, since July 2020 riders have been requested to wear a mask even when physical distancing can be maintained on a bus. Exemptions are permitted for those with medical conditions including breathing difficulties, cognitive difficulties, and hearing or communication difficulties. Right now the health unit is just doing it as a recommendation, and we are getting passengers using that as a means to get on without wearing a mask.They say they have asthma. They get on and they re coughing. Other passengers feel uneasy, and a lot of them have been are getting off, Caputo said.

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