Additional vaccination clinics in Espanola and Manitoulin Island
Public Health Sudbury & Districts is offering additional vaccination clinics over the next two weeks in Espanola and on Manitoulin Island
According to the release, appointments are available, and unless otherwise specified, all clinics offer walk-ins up to 30 minutes before the clinic end time or until vaccine supply no longer permits.
The clinics also have pediatric doses available for younger individuals.
Lacloche Foothills: Espanola
Wednesday, January 12, Espanola Golf & Country Club, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. mRNA vaccine: Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty (pediatric dose available) and Moderna Spikevax.
Wednesday, January 19, Espanola Golf & Country Club, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. mRNA vaccine: Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty (pediatric dose available) and Moderna Spikevax.
Manitoulin Island: M’Chigeeng First Nation
Tuesday, January 18, M’Chigeeng Community Complex, 94 ON-551, M’Chigeeng First Nation, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. mRNA vaccine: Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty (pediatric dose available) and Moderna Spikevax. This clinic is open to anyone who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Manitoulin Island: Mindemoya
Tuesday, January 11, Mindemoya Missionary Church, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. mRNA vaccine: Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty (pediatric dose not available) and Moderna Spikevax.
Upcoming appointment and walk-in opportunities are listed below and up-to-date vaccination opportunities are also posted on our website: https://www.phsd.ca/health-topics-programs/vaccines-immunizations/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine/upcoming-vaccination-clinics-for-specific-priority-groups/)
Virtual registrations taking place this week with all school boards
All the school boards in Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts are offering registration this week for elementary and secondary schools.
The various school boards are all hosting registrations virtually due to COVID-19.
Parents who wish to register their children for kindergarten or high school should visit the websites of the respective board they are interested in.
Forms can be filled in online and virtual tours of the various schools are available for parents and their children to view.
All schools can also be directly contacted by phone for more information.
Back to school on the 17th
The countdown is on to back to class for students in Ontario.
Government sources have confirmed that schools will be back to in-person learning on January 17th as planned.
The Ford government has been under pressure from pediatric and parent groups not to extend the shutdown.
Earlier this month the government said schools would remain closed to in-person learning an extra two weeks in order to give more time for people to get vaccines and boosters as well as deliver air filters and N95 masks to schools around the province.
The news comes just one day after the province reached a deal with the Ontario Teacher’s Federation to allow retired educators to be re-employed for up to 95 days in an effort to shore up resources amid expected absenteeism when schools reopen.
Enough doses for a fourth shot
The Prime Minister says the feds have secured enough COVID-19 vaccines for all eligible Canadians to get a booster and a fourth shot.
Justin Trudeau shared the news with premiers and territorial leaders last night.
Trudeau also says the government will deliver 140-million rapid antigen tests across the country this month.
Vaccine requirements could affect supply chains
If you think grocery shelves are empty now, the trucking industry is warning it may get worse.
With new rules requiring truckers entering Canada to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 later this week the industry is warning it could cause thousands of truck drivers to leave the job.
The Canadian Trucking Alliance estimates about 10-percent of drivers will be forced off the road.
The group says that will only make driver shortages worse leading to more supply chain disruption and drive up the cost of goods coming from the Unites States
Advised not to come to Canada
It’s another blow to the Canadian economy.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised Americans not to travel to Canada.
The agency cites the rising number of COVID-19 cases in this country.
The travel recommendation has been raised to Level Four: Very High. In December the federal government implored Canadians not to leave this country for non-essential reasons.
