COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration opens for adults between 70 and 79 in Waterloo Region

KITCHENER —
Adults between the ages of 70 and 79 can now pre-register for a COVID-19 vaccine in Waterloo Area.

Folks in that age group will probably get a name for an appointment in 4 to 6 weeks, in accordance with the area.

The province’s on-line reserving system opened on Monday, however Area of Waterloo Public Well being will proceed to make use of its personal system in the intervening time.

Brant County, Haldimand-Norfolk, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph and Huron Perth may also proceed to make use of their very own native programs for vaccine pre-registration.

Two extra vaccine clinics additionally opened in Waterloo Area on Monday. One is a big clinic on the College of Waterloo’s Well being Sciences Campus in Kitchener at 10 Victoria St. South.

“This can be a super alternative for the Area of Waterloo to accomplice with the College of Waterloo and the Centre for Household Medication to deliver one other vaccination clinic to Waterloo Area,” stated Dept. Chief Shirley Hilton, head of the Waterloo Area Vaccine Distribution Activity Drive, in a information launch. “This huge clinic will make it simpler to get extra vaccines into extra folks’s arms as rapidly as potential.”

The Centre for Household Medication in Wellesley Township, situated at Unit A of 3710 Nafziger Dr., additionally opened on Monday.

Vaccination clinics in Waterloo Area are all by appointment solely.

These teams are capable of pre-register right now:

• Grownup recipients of power dwelling care
• Adults 80 years of age and older
• Adults 70-79 years of age
• Well being care employees (All classes)
• Indigenous adults (Contains people and elders no matter standing or Indigenous identification and any adults 18 years of age and older, dwelling of their rapid family.)
• Lengthy-term care and retirement houses employees
• Lengthy-term care and retirement houses important caregivers
• Seniors group settings employees and residents
• Seniors group setting important caregivers

As of March 12, Waterloo Area had administered 43,112 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and 13,401 folks have been thought-about totally vaccinated with two doses.

Final week, the area stated it might comply with provincial pointers and lengthen the period of time between first and second doses to 16 weeks.