MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ONT. The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting 80 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, as all adults 40 and over became eligible for the vaccine. The region now has a total of 11,426 cases and 210 deaths, with 10,410 cases resolved leaving 806 active. There are 2,323 cases with a variant of concern largely the B.1.1.7 variant. All adults 40 and over can now book a COVID-19 vaccine through the region s mass vaccination centres, just days after the province halted first doses of AstraZeneca at area pharmacies that were being offered to the same age group. The bookings include appointments at the region s fourth mass vaccination centre at the Earl Nichols Recreation Centre, which is set to open on May 25.
LONDON, ONT. The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) will be opening its third COVID-19 vaccination centre on Thursday. The health unit hosted a walk-through of the clinic at the North London Optimist Community Centre (NLOC) Wednesday morning for media. The centre is located in northeast London at Highbury Avenue and Cheapside Street. The first person to be vaccinated at the new location was 88-year-old Shirley Banks, a cancer survivor who says her family was her motivator to get vaccinated. “My kids really wanted me to have it, one of them really broke down when she found out I was getting the vaccine,” said Banks.
LONDON, ONT. CTVNewsLondon.ca has everything you need to know about receiving the vaccines in London, Ont., including locations, how to register, and who is next in line. WHO CAN GET VACCINATED RIGHT NOW? Long-term care, retirement home and First Nations elder care home residents, staff and essential caregivers. That includes LHIN, hospital, primary care and paramedic services staff directly providing on-site support to homes in outbreak committed to at least a week at the facility are considered staff. Patients in hospital or alternative levels of care with confirmed admission to a long-term care home, retirement home or other congregate home for seniors.