Reflecting on this day last year, Krystal Meloche recalls how overwhelming it was to be the first person to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in Windsor, Ont.
Local health leaders on Wednesday marked one year of COVID-19 vaccines in Windsor-Essex by urging residents to roll up their sleeves a third time and prevent…
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The announcement that Pfizer will ship vaccines to Canada from its Michigan plant means Windsor could soon start receiving more doses at a faster rate, according to the CEO of Windsor Regional Hospital.
David Musyj said the first shipment from Kalamazoo, Mich., will arrive in Windsor this week.
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“If we were to have a good sign about future supplies, stability of future supplies and increase of future supplies, it’s the fact Pfizer is now shipping from Kalamazoo to us,” he said. “It provides comfort for us.”
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Windsor’s first-ever walk-up pop-up vaccine clinics ran out of doses mere hours after opening Monday morning with hundreds arriving early and braving rainfall to roll up their sleeves.
A line of more than 200 wrapped around Mackenzie Hall and the former Windsor Jail beside it by 8:45 a.m., 15 minutes before the one-day COVID-19 vaccine clinic officially opened its doors to let a few clients in. So many showed up that the local health unit decided to allot the west-end pop-up an extra 150 doses.
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