The Northwestern Health Unit and local partners are preparing to launch regional COVID-19 vaccine clinics. As the vaccine supply starts to increase, the health unit expects to start appointment-based clinics for residents over 80 years old in early April. “About 3o to 40 per cent of local health units were started later with getting their vaccines and so we’re one of them,” explains Medical Officer of Health Dr Kit Young Hoon. “The reasons were because they prioritized other areas with higher incidence rates, so the Thunder Bay District Health Unit has had a higher incidence rate for a long period of time.”