{"id":29404,"date":"2021-06-03T19:45:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T23:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=29404"},"modified":"2021-06-10T17:15:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T21:15:42","slug":"more-than-1500-take-part-in-auroras-vaccine-pop-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/more-than-1500-take-part-in-auroras-vaccine-pop-up\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 1,500 take part in Aurora’s vaccine pop-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1,515 people \u2013 including 839 youth eager to receive their first dose \u2013 descended on the Aurora Community Centre between Saturday and Monday to get their first doses of Pfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aurora pop-up was just one of several that took place across York Region as the Province encourages people over the age of 12 to get their first inoculations ahead of a targeted \u201ctwo-dose summer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ontario announced new vaccine targets on Friday as part of an accelerated rollout aimed at getting second doses in arms, starting with individuals 80 years of age and older beginning this past Monday, May 31. York Region broadened its own eligibility to those born in 1951 and earlier on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTeam Ontario has shown what we can do when we have a steady and reliable source of vaccines,\u201d said Premier Doug Ford in a statement. \u201cHaving made so much progress administering first doses, we are now in a position to begin delivering second doses for a two-dose summer. If we receive more vaccines from the Federal government, we\u2019ll be able to accelerate our rollout further to offer more protection to Ontarians sooner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By last week\u2019s announcement, more than two-thirds of Ontario\u2019s adult population had received at least one dose of a vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that individuals 80+ are eligible for their second doses Ontario-wide, the Province has released a tentative plan to get second doses into residents falling into other demographics. Individuals 70+ can begin to schedule their second doses beginning the week of June 14, with vaccines for those aged 69 and under based on when first doses were received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tentative schedule sets the week of July 19 for people who received their first dose between April 19 and May 9; August 2 for first doses administered between May 10 and May 30; August 9 \u2013 16 for individuals between the ages of 12 and 25; and the week of August 9 for people who received their first doses on or after May 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery dose administered means we are one step closer to the end of the pandemic, and I encourage all Ontarians to get vaccinated and continue following public health advice,\u201d said Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Dr. Karim Kurji, York Region\u2019s Medical Officer of Health: \u201cGetting residents fully vaccinated as soon as possible is a top priority for York Region Public Health. By starting to administer the second dose to this priority group (80+) two weeks earlier than expected, we anticipate being able to move to the 70-79 age group as early as mid-June. We are encouraging residents to continue to follow public health guidelines. We have come so far and we don\u2019t want to waste the efforts and sacrifices we have already made to stop the spread of COVID-19. We know it is hard, but we ask for your continued patience as we make the final dash to the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To register for your accelerated second dose when eligible, visit York.ca\/Covid19vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

POP-UP CLINIC FILLS UP FAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were several opportunities over this past weekend for people ages 12 and up to get their first doses across York Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, Southlake Regional Health Centre and the Town of Newmarket held a socially-distanced festival-style event to bring families out while the Town of Aurora worked with the Province to transform the Aurora Community Centre into a three-day pop-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally slated to take place on Saturday and Sunday, the Aurora pop-up was extended by a day following tremendous uptake of the 1,200 appointments that were up for grabs between May 29 and 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pop-up took place in eight tents set up in the Community Centre\u2019s parking lot rather than inside the arena to allow for maximum flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the nice things about the tents is we can design a system that enables us to essentially set up anywhere and it enables us to have a good work flow,\u201d said clinic official Michael Adair just prior to welcoming the first patients on Saturday morning.  \u201cIt enables us to transcend a particular location with all the equipment we need with a safe set up so we can register, vaccinate and observe people to ensure they are receiving their vaccine in the appropriate way and it enables us to do it in multiple locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe most important thing for vaccines right now is when you can get a vaccine \u2013 get it. This is a great opportunity to get vaccinated and we thank everyone for coming out to this clinic or any clinic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weekend event anticipated 600 people per day over three days, facilitated by 14 medical staff of nurses and paramedics and eight administrative support staff \u2013 including some members of the Town of Aurora team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always welcome to additional clinics,\u201d said Robin McDougall, Director of Community Services for the Town of Aurora. \u201cWe would be happy to host [another] if we can and I know the second dose will likely be somewhere downtown once again. We\u2019re looking forward and we would be happy to host another one. We certainly had a great uptake!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the shifting directives from the Province, residents over the age of 80 were able to get their second doses at the clinic on Monday as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOCAL STATS<\/strong>
As of Tuesday, June 1, Aurora has seen a total of 1,825 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 1,751 of which are now marked as recovered. Of the 27 active cases, all are attributed to local transmission, close contact, or unknown exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

701 cases have now been attributed to variants of concern, with 54 of them coming from a confirmed lineage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been 47 fatalities attributed to the virus.<\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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