THUNDER BAY – The Thunder Bay District Health Unit says it plans to open a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the CLE Coliseum.
The health unit also said it is expanding its vaccination priority groups to include adults older than 80, staff, residents and caregivers in retirement homes and other congregate settings for seniors, health-care workers in the high-priority level, all Indigenous adults and adult recipients of chronic home care.
In a release issued on Friday, the health unit said it also plans to open other clinics in Thunder Bay and other district communities, but those plans have yet to be finalized.
Community clinics and health-care institutions are the likeliest locations.
The full roll-out of vaccinations will be conducted in three stages.
The province had already started vaccinating staff and essential caregivers in long-term care homes, high-risk retirement homes and First Nation elder care homes, as well as any residents who have yet to receive a vaccine. Alternate level of care patients, the highest priority and very high priority group of health-care workers and Indigenous adults in northern remote and high-risk communities, both on-reserve and urban communities.
Vaccinations will be by appointment only and the health unit asks that residents wait to call them about clinics and booking until the booking process and clinic dates are announced.
Earlier this week the province announced its timeline for vaccines, stating adults 80 and older can start booking vaccinations on March 15 and shots will start being delivered on March 22. Adults 60 and older will be able to start booking vaccination appointments by the first week of July, while many essential workers will be eligible starting the first week of May.
