Durham Region Health Department is currently finalizing details for an online booking system and community-wide call centre for those who wish to register for a Covid-19 vaccine.
These systems are scheduled to launch over the next few days to begin providing access to vaccine based on priority populations of 80-year olds and older, said a media statement.
Mobile clinics will also be available to provide vaccine to populations and individuals who may have difficulty accessing larger clinics. More information to come soon, promised a Durham Health tweet.
Since early January, the Health Department has worked with Lakeridge Health to ensure that all immediate priority groups, as outlined by the province, have been vaccinated. This included:
- Staff and essential caregivers in long-term care homes; high-risk retirement homes and First Nations elder care homes; and any residents from these settings who have not yet received a first dose of vaccine.
- Alternative level of care patients, in hospitals, who have a confirmed admission to a long-term care home, retirement home or other congregate care home for seniors.
- Highest Priority health care workers, followed by Very High Priority health care workers, in accordance with the Ontario Ministry of Health’s guidance on health care worker prioritization.
- Indigenous adults in northern remote and higher risk communities (including on-reserve and urban communities).
“As we’ve concluded with the previous priority groups, we are now ramping up to begin vaccinating those in the 80 and over population. It is important to understand that our vaccine supply is still limited, as we currently only have access to the Pfizer vaccine in Durham Region. As soon as we receive updated information regarding our vaccine supply, we will start to expand our clinic operations to begin vaccination of other priority populations based on the province’s three-phase vaccine distribution implementation plan,” said Dr. Robert Kyle, Durham Region Medical Officer of Health.
Your information regarding vaccine roll out does not talk about the disabled and compromised adults still living in their homes being cared for by family members. We have a very compromised adult living in our home that would not be able to stand up to the effects of covid. Can you write up a bit more info for your readers to see when these people can get their shots
Thanks for writing in and raising a major issue. The planning process is yet somewhat mysterious, even to Durham Health. But they have set up a bus as a mobile vaccination clinic for those with accessibility issues – https://durhampost.ca/covid-testing-clinic