LONDON, ONT. A new pilot project will see paramedics operate mobile vaccination clinics for people who have faced challenges booking or attending appointments. “The Middlesex-London Paramedic Service has been able to secure 1,000 doses of vaccine that we can distribute within the Middlesex-London region,” explains Cathy Burghardt-Jesson, Warden of Middlesex County. The vaccine will be administered to people unable to leave their homes, vulnerable residents, and employees of some workplaces. Advocacy for the program began with the Middlesex Economic Resilience Task Force. “That task force is made up of employers and leaders in our communities,” adds Warden Burghardt-Jesson. “One of their big asks was to find a way to get vaccine into workplaces and our communities.
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Before hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses landed in Canada and started being shipped across the country, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service briefed industry players on emerging security threats. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
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The first phase of Ontario s COVID-19 vaccination program focuses on health-care workers and long-term care home residents, but many people with chronic health conditions that put them at greater risk from the virus don t know whether they ll be a priority in the next phase.(Carlos Osorio/Reuters)