According to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, which released a multi-day total due to the Victoria Day holiday, 34 new cases were reported on Monday and 16 on Tuesday.
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Most mass vaccination sites in Windsor-Essex were fully booked into next week Tuesday morning following the expansion of COVID-19 jab eligibility to anyone age 12 and older over the long weekend.
Effective May 23, the local health unit and regions across Ontario opened up vaccine booking to those 12 and up regardless of where they live or if they have a medical condition that makes them more at risk of severe complications with a COVID-19 diagnosis.
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A categorical tweet from a U.S. border official has dashed hopes that Windsor-Essex could dramatically ramp up vaccinations by sending people to Michigan where there’s a surplus supply.
Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj said an arrangement had just been made with a pharmacist to set up a drive-thru vaccination site on the Detroit side of the Ambassador Bridge Windsor people could drive over, get the shot and return home without ever getting out of the car when he saw the tweet Wednesday from Christopher Perry, director of field operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Detroit.
Author of the article: Trevor Wilhelm
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 7 minute read • Extra sets of eyes guard every movement of Windsor s precious vaccine supplies. Here, pharmacist David Sinewitz transports a shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses at the St. Clair College SportsPlex mass vaccination site as a Windsor Police Service officer provides security. The photo was taken this month, but the Windsor Star had to agree not to specify the date. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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COVID-19 vaccines are in demand and hard to get.
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