Author of the article: Brian Cross
Publishing date: Mar 03, 2021 • March 3, 2021 • 4 minute read • Beginning of the end? Theresa Marentette, CEO of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, leads a media tour of the vaccination clinic set up at the WFCU Centre in Windsor on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Local inoculations are expected to ramp up fast and soon. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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“The beginning of the end” was how Essex County Warden Gary McNamara hopefully described on Wednesday the sprawling new vaccination clinic carved out of the community rinks at the WFCU Centre.
The clinic started Monday, vaccinating people age 80 and up at a rate of six every 15 minutes, or 169 per day. But that number rises to nine every 15 minutes starting Thursday and on Monday a similar centre opens at the Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre in Leamington, with plans for additional locations in the city and county as the flow of vaccine swells.
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Progress continues in the fight against COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex on Monday with the start of vaccinations for seniors in the community ages 80 and older.
It’s the first time the COVID-19 vaccine has been made available to the general public in the region outside long-term care facilities. A mass vaccination site has been set up at the WFCU Centre, 8787 McHugh St.
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“It’s a pretty significant milestone in our community,” said Dr. Wajid Ahmed, the region’s medical officer of health, who attended the WFCU Centre on Monday.
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Windsor resident Nancy McDonald says accessing the COVID-19 vaccine has already come with a few barriers, including figuring out the online registration and planning transportation to the site.
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Posted: Feb 26, 2021 9:45 AM ET | Last Updated: February 26
COVID-19 vaccinations for people 80 and older will begin on Monday in Windsor-Essex.(Paul Sancya/AP)