THUNDER BAY – Employers of essential frontline workers are being asked to submit information to the Thunder Bay Public Health Unit, as authorities prepare to begin vaccinating them under the province’s vaccine priority plan.
The health unit cautioned it did not yet have a firm timeline for when vaccination of those essential workers would begin, but noted the province’s timelines indicate immunization for the groups could start around mid-May and last through the end of June.
“The order and pace of advancing through these groups of workers will depend on various factors, including the current and future policy direction from the provincial government, the number of workers who qualify in each category and vaccine supply,” the health unit said in a statement Tuesday.
Employers of essential workers who qualify under Phase 2 of Ontario’s vaccination plan are asked to complete a pre-registration survey by May 7.
The survey can be completed at the health unit’s website. Only one survey is necessary per organization.
The rollout will include workers in education and childcare, emergency and social services, retail, infrastructure, and industry who cannot work from home. More details on eligibility are also available at the health unit’s website.
The survey is meant to determine the number of eligible workers in a given organization, and set up a contact person at the organization to work with the health unit. Information on individual employees will not be collected, the agency said.
