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The rain and wind weren’t enough to deter people from lining up for COVID vaccine at a pop-up clinic in Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood.
Prospective vaccine recipients socially-distanced as they formed a line about 300 metres long outside a spacious white tent in the parking lot of the Masjid Darussalam Thorncliffe Mosque, in the Overlea Blvd.-Millwood Rd. area.
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The province last week announced that in so-called hotspots, such as Thorncliffe Park and neighbouring Flemingdon Park, people 18 and over are eligible for COVID shots. Government officials said mobile teams and staff at pop-up clinics would provide the vaccine in these areas.
How community advocates in COVID-19 hotspots are working to get the vaccine message out
How leaders in communities are coming together to help get people get vaccinated, by coordinating more access through mobile and pop up clinics and getting the word out in their neighbourhoods so more people get the shot.
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Published Thursday, April 8, 2021 5:08PM EDT The Ontario government announced recently that people over the age of 18 living in neighborhoods disproportionately affected by COVID-19 would be soon eligible for a vaccine. The government released some details during the provincewide stay-at-home order announcement on Wednesday, but many questions remained on who would be eligible for the expanded rollout and how and when they could book. CTV News Toronto has looked into these questions, and compiled a list of everything you need to know about the changes.
Who is eligible? The Ontario government says the province will start vaccinating education workers the week of April 12, including staff who work with special education students and staff in high-risk neighbourhoods in Toronto and Peel Region.
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Five pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics will run in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park this weekend By NOW Staff
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A pop-up vaccine clinic in the courtyard of a Thorncliffe Park high-rise apartment building on April 8.
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Michael Garron Hospital setting up pop-up clinics in East Toronto
2:30 pm Five pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics will run in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park to April 11, Michael Garron Hospital said this week.
The locations are: Flemingdon Park Shopping Centre, Masjid Darussalam Thorncliffe Mosque, Iqbal Halal Foods and lobbies and courtyards of select high-rise apartment buildings.
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