Middlesex-London Health Unit say they are rolling out several additional child- and youth-focused COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the lead-up to the Family Day holiday in a bid to get more doses of the vaccine into the arms of local children.In addition, the region’s acting medical officer of health, Dr.
Alex Summers, is co-hosting a live, one-hour Q&A for parents through the health unit’s Instagram account, set to run from noon to 1 p.m.
Thursday.It comes a day before youth aged 12 to 17 become eligible to receive a third (or booster) dose, provided it has been at least six months since their second shot.
Here are Ontario’s loosened restrictions, capacity limits as of Feb. 17 The health unit says 10 clinics were already scheduled to run this week as part of its Community Hub COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics in Schools campaign, and another 12 are scheduled through the end of the month.No appointments are needed for any of the school-based clinics, the health unit says.The last of this week’s clinics are scheduled to run from 4 p.m.