Toronto shifting vaccination program towards mobile clinics

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80% of Toronto residents over 12 have received their first dose, while three-quarters are two-dose vaccinated

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Kevin Connor

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Jul 28, 2021  â€¢  16 minutes ago  â€¢  1 minute read  â€¢  Join the conversation Toronto City Hall at Nathan Phillips Square on Friday July 2, 2021. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk /Toronto Sun Article content

Toronto is moving into the next phase of its COVID-19 vaccination program by expanding mobile clinic operations.

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“The City has had tremendous success getting residents vaccinated,” said Mayor John Tory during a Wednesday morning press conference.

“Now we are moving to make sure that success keeps going and we are further ramping up our mobile clinic efforts so we can make sure we reach people who have yet to be vaccinated in their neighbourhoods.

“This will ensure we get as many residents vaccinated as possible so that more and more Torontonians are protected, and we can truly bring this pandemic to an end. If you haven’t got your vaccination yet, please get vaccinated. And if you have received your first and second shot, please encourage your loved ones, if they haven’t been vaccinated, to also get their shots.”

Eighty per cent of Toronto residents 12 and older have received their first dose, and 75% have had their second dose.

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Mobile clinics will be focused in areas with lower vaccine uptakes and take shots to work places.

On Aug. 22, the city will close five of the nine mass immunization clinic including Carmine Stefano Community Centre, Malvern Community Recreation Centre, Mitchell Field Arena, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, Toronto Congress Centre

Vaccine clinics remaining open include Cloverdale Mall, the Hangar, Metro Toronto Convention Centre and Scarborough Town Centre.

Starting Aug. 23, Toronto Public Health will redeploy 700 staff from mass immunization clinics to expand its mobile clinic operations, adding 17 mobile teams to the current five teams.

On August 9, Toronto City Hall, North York Civic Centre, Scarborough Civic Centre, Etobicoke Civic Centre, York Civic Centre and East York Civic Centre will re-open for a limited in-person counter services, including payments for tax and utilities, construction permits and tree permit applications.

Masks and social distancing and temperature screening will be required.

Wednesday’s press conference was the 186th and final regularly-scheduled city COVID-19 briefing, and will instead hold media conferences on an as-needed basis.

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