COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the city’s Downtown Eastside as “hopeful news,” as health-care workers prepare to begin giving second doses to people in the community.“Thanks to the hard work of Vancouver Coastal Health staff and the local community, immunization in the Downtown Eastside has gone so well that the community is approaching herd immunity,” Kennedy Stewart said at his Wednesday media availability.Since the health authority began its Downtown Eastside vaccination campaign, about 7,500 community members and 2,000 social and support workers in the area have been immunized, VCH medical health officer Dr.