Published Friday, May 14, 2021 5:00PM EDT The COVID-19 situation in one of the city s hot spot neighbourhoods is improving as more than half of the adult residents have now had at least one dose of a vaccine. Dr. Jeff Powis, the medical director of Infection Prevention and Control at Michael Garron Hospital, told CP24 Friday afternoon that Thorncliffe Park is seeing real-life benefits of increased vaccination. We track really closely the buildings where we re seeing cases admitted to the hospital and the buildings from Thorncliffe Park used to always be the ones that were always on the top of our list. And the last week when we looked, we didn t have a building in Thorncliffe Park that was in our top 10, Powis said.
The city says there are 48 COVID-19 vaccination clinics running in Toronto this weekend.
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Posted: May 15, 2021 3:21 PM ET | Last Updated: May 15
A recent lineup at a mass COVID-19 immunization clinic at the Thorncliffe Park Community Hub health centre in East York Town Centre in Toronto is shown here. Toronto has 48 vaccination clinics operating this weekend.(Alan Habbick/CBC)
The city says there are 48 COVID-19 vaccination clinics running in Toronto this weekend.
In a news release on Saturday, the city said it is working with its health care partners, pharmacies and mobile teams and Toronto Public Health to administer the vaccines based on available supply.
News Release May 15, 2021 The City of Toronto is working with its healthcare partners, pharmacies and Toronto Public Health to administer all available COVID-19 vaccines with almost 50 vaccination clinics operating this weekend. To date, 1,649,278 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Toronto. The Team Toronto effort is focused on getting as many […]
Published Saturday, May 15, 2021 1:03PM EDT Dozens of vaccination clinics will be operating in Toronto today, including many pop-up sites where residents can get a shot without an appointment. The clinics are mostly open to adults who live in hot spot postal codes, though some of them have widened their eligibility to include adults who work in hot spot postal codes as well. Here is a list:
Aga Khan Museum (77 Wynford Drive): Open on Saturday, May 15 to anyone 18 years old and over who live in any hot spot areas in Toronto. From 8 a.m. until supply runs out (2500 doses available).
Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute (3663 Danforth Avenue):