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Article content The Elliot Lake Family Health Team’s COVID-19 vaccination program will be expanding in the coming weeks. Nancy Ewen, Elliot Lake Family Health Team executive director, says the ELFHT expects to receive about 451 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech version of the vaccine for the Thursday and Friday clinics at the Collins Hall. The ELFHT has lowered the age group for the vaccines. They are now taking appointments from people aged 65 years and up. Ewen says they have been calling those who called for appointment, but when the ELFHT calls many are not home. She says they have called...

Article content The Elliot Lake Family Health Team’s COVID-19 vaccination program will be expanding in the coming weeks. Nancy Ewen, Elliot Lake Family Health Team executive director, says the ELFHT expects to receive about 451 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech version of the vaccine for the Thursday and Friday clinics at the Collins Hall. The ELFHT has lowered the age group for the vaccines. They are now taking appointments from people aged 65 years and up. Ewen says they have been calling those who called for appointment, but when the ELFHT calls many are not home. She says they have called...

Article content The Elliot Lake Family Health Teams will host another COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Collins Hall on Thursday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The ELFHT received 365 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech version of the vaccine for this week, says Nancy Ewen, Elliot Lake Family Health Team executive director. For the April 22 COVID-19 clinic, the ELFHT received 372 doses, but they were able to get an additional 10 doses of the vaccine out of the vials, allowing them to vaccinate 10 more people for a total of 382. Those targeted for the vaccine this week are those 70 years of age ...

Article content Those over the age of 70 years wanting to get their first COVID-19 vaccination will have another opportunity on Thursday. This week’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Collins Hall is Thursday, April 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., says Nancy Ewen, Elliot Lake Family Health Team executive director. This week, the ELFHT received 369 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which will be given by appointment. The groups to be targeted with the vaccine this week are: ages 70 years and over, and Indigenous people of 18 years and up. She adds that they are still calling people...

Article content The Elliot Lake Family Health Teams will host another COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Collins Hall on Thursday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The ELFHT received about 248 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech version of the vaccine this week. “This week, I only have enough doses for one day,” says Nancy Ewen, Elliot Lake Family Health Team executive director. The groups to be targeted with the vaccine this week are: ages 75 years and over, Indigenous people of 18 years and up, health care workers as well as adults receiving chronic home care. In addition, 10% of the vaccines...