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Two hot-spot neighbourhoods in Windsor will be targeted with pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics for residents age 18 and older on Monday, the local health unit has announced.
Adults who live in, or perform essential work in, the N9A and N9C postal codes Windsor’s downtown and west end will be eligible for the shot from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at yet-to-be-disclosed locations. Attendees must provide proof of address, or work identification or a pay stub to qualify. The province has identified both areas as having been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and data from the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit shows vaccine coverage rates there have so far been low.
Pop-up vaccine clinics coming to 2 Windsor-Essex hot spots
Windsor-Essex residents who live or work in two priority postal codes will have a chance to receive a vaccine at two pop-up clinics.
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Posted: Apr 30, 2021 12:12 PM ET | Last Updated: April 30
The targeted vaccine clinic at the WFCU Centre is shown during a tour on March 3, 2021. The health unit says two pop-up clinics will be opening on Monday. The locations will be disclosed that day.(Tahmina Aziz/CBC)
Windsor-Essex lowers COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to 55
Windsor-Essex residents who are 55 and older are now eligible to get vaccinated at a mass vaccination clinic, the public health unit announced Thursday.
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As of April 29, Windsor-Essex residents who are 55 and up are eligible to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at one of the region s mass vaccination clinics.(Sanjay Maru/CBC)
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Chad Coupe, the young Windsor man facing a charge of murder and attempted murder in connection to a fatal shooting in Blenheim, made a brief video appearance in a Chatham court Thursday.
The 19-year-old man’s lawyer requested the matter be put over until May 27 in order to receive and review evidence in the case.
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Windsor-Essex will receive double its current supply of COVID-19 vaccines in the first two weeks of May, the health unit has announced.
Roughly 44,000 doses are expected to arrive in the weeks of May 3 and May 10, the majority of which will be distributed through the region’s mass vaccination sites.
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“Since we have hotspots in our region, that’s one of the reasons they (the Ministry of Health) are supplementing our supply with additional doses,” said Medical Officer of Health Dr. Wajid Ahmed on Monday.