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About 500 Ontario businesses have shown interest in clinics, only a few have been approved due to slow decision-making

A release from the Province says it is preparing to ramp up its rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Health Minister Christine Elliott told reporters today the Province is expecting to start receiving more vaccines from the federal government next week. She says, due to this increased supply, from May 3rd to May 10th, 50 per cent of upcoming vaccine shipments will go to hot spot communities as identified by postal code, to help decrease COVID-19 transmission and hospitalizations. A release says, “This approach will not take away vaccines from other public health unit regions, whose allocations wil...

  TORONTO -- The Ontario government will be allowing anyone aged 55 and over to get a COVID-19 vaccine through the provincial portal starting Friday and hopes to start booking vaccine appointments for all adults over the age of 18 by the end of May. As of 8 a.m. on April 30, individuals aged 55 and up will be able to book a vaccination appointment at a mass immunization clinic. The province says they expect to see an increase in vaccine supply, which will allow them to ramp up the rollout and reduce the age threshold at mass immunization clinics on a weekly basis. Officials anticipate mo...

April 29, 2021   ·   0 Comments By ROB PAUL Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As part of Peel Region’s efforts to mass vaccinate residents, workplace clinics began on April 27 with two at Maple Lodge Farms—in Brampton and Mississauga—opening up. On April 28, two more pop-up clinics opened at Maple Leaf Foods in Brampton and Mississauga with plans for two more to open May 5 at Amazon locations in Brampton and Bolton. The goal of these pop-up clinics is to administer 7,000 doses in the first three weeks to employees of the wo...

  TORONTO -- A campaign to vaccinate employees at their workplace is now underway in Peel Region in what officials are calling the first of its kind public-private partnership. Maple Lodge Farms hosted a pop-up clinic at its Brampton plant on Tuesday and will also be hosting clinics at its facilities in Mississauga. “I’m so happy to have it. I feel more safe,” said employee Maria De La Cruz, who was expecting to receive the shot Tuesday afternoon. Maple Lodge Farms says about 1,600 employees in Peel Region are eligible to receive the vaccine over the next two weeks if they chose t...