Freezers temporarily empty at Chatham-Kent COVID-19 vaccination clinic

The Chatham-Kent COVID-19 vaccination clinic shall be closed Saturday to Monday as a result of the vaccine freezers are empty.

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The Chatham-Kent COVID-19 vaccination clinic shall be closed Saturday to Monday as a result of the vaccine freezers are empty.

The clinic on the John D. Bradley Conference Centre in Chatham will reopen Tuesday if the subsequent cargo has arrived.

“Clinic hours of operation will proceed to fluctuate as vaccine provides proceed to be restricted,” the Chatham-Kent public well being unit stated on Fb.

Cell outreach vaccination clinics will proceed this weekend for long-term care dwelling and retirement dwelling residents and for various degree of care sufferers in hospital.

As of Friday morning, 12,567 doses had been administered in Chatham-Kent.

Chatham-Kent is ranked No. 1 in Canada in doses administered per capita, Chatham-Kent medical officer of well being Dr, David Colby stated earlier within the week.

The interval between first and second doses has been prolonged to 16 weeks by the provincial authorities. It had been 21 days for the Pfizer vaccine and 28 days for the Moderna vaccine.

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Ontario is following the suggestions of the Nationwide Advisory Committee on Immunization.

Exemptions to the 16-week interval are made for residents of long-term care houses, retirement houses, First Nations elder care lodges and assisted residing services for seniors and for some First Nations communities, together with folks at Delaware Nation at Moraviantown.

Workers and important caregivers at congregate care settings for seniors, all well being care staff, grownup recipients of persistent dwelling care and individuals who shall be at the least 75 years outdated in 2021 are at present eligible to be vaccinated on the clinic. So are First Nations, Inuit, Métis and concrete Indigenous people who find themselves at the least 16 years outdated and their quick family members.

Vaccinations on the clinic are by appointment solely. To make an appointment, name 519-351-1010 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and depart a message. Calls shall be returned day by day from 8:30 a.m. to eight:30 p.m.