The City of Toronto’s #Vax25 vaccination push is taking place today, with at least one COVID-19 vaccination clinic in each of the city’s 25 wards. No matter where someone calls home in Toronto, it has never been an easier to get a first or second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The #Vax25 locations were selected by Toronto Public Health in consultation with vaccination partners as part of the Team Toronto Mobile Strategy data approach, focused on removing barriers and bringing vaccines to residents in areas and settings that have low vaccination coverage and to residents who are at high risk of contracting COVID-19. Locations were also chosen to facilitate easy access in places that are part of Torontonians’ everyday lives.
The push – which includes 37 vaccination clinic locations across the city today – is part of Team Toronto’s continued efforts to make COVID-19 vaccines as accessible as possible and to bring vaccines to where residents live, work and play. #Vax25 clinics are being hosted by a number of partners including Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaws, No Frills, Rexall and Team Toronto healthcare partners.
COVID-19 vaccines are an important public health measure to reduce virus transmission, to protect against severe consequences of COVID-19, and save lives. Anyone in Toronto needing to initiate vaccination with a first dose or complete vaccination with a second dose is urged to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Details on clinic locations, hours and walk-in and appointment information are on the City’s COVID-19: How to Get Vaccinated webpage: www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/c
#Vax25 clinics in each ward are:
Beaches-East York
• Michael Garron Hospital, 825 Coxwell Ave.
• Eglinton Square, 20 Eglinton Square.
• Shoppers World, 3003 Danforth Ave.
• Presteign Heights Public School, 2570 St. Clair Ave. E.
All four Beaches-East York #Vax25 clinics are in areas with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rate of 80.8 per cent fully vaccinated, ranging from 61 per cent to 78 per cent fully vaccinated. The neighbourhood surrounding the Shoppers World #Vax25 clinic at 3003 Danforth Ave. has one of the highest case rates per 100,000 people of any #Vax25 location, with Toronto Public Health reporting 164 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. The neighbourhood also has the lowest vaccination rate of any #Vax25 clinic location with only 61 per cent of eligible people fully vaccinated.
Davenport
• Rexall Pharmacy Dundas/Gladstone, 1421 Dundas St. W.
• Crossways Mall, 2340 Dundas St. W.
The Davenport #Vax25 clinics are in areas with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates. In the area surrounding the Rexall clinic, 77 per cent of eligible people have initiated vaccination and 74 per cent have completed vaccination. Surrounding the Crossways Mall clinic, 75 per cent of people have initiated vaccination and 72 per cent have completed vaccination.
Don Valley East
• No Frills Lawrence Avenue East, 1450 Lawrence Ave. E.
The Don Valley East #Vax25 clinic, operating in an area with 75 per cent initiated vaccination and 70 per cent completed, will be open for 15 hours on Saturday vaccinating eligible people with appointments until midnight.
Don Valley North
• Shoppers Drug Mart Pickle Barrel Plaza, 5899 Leslie St.
The Don Valley North #Vax25 clinic in Hillcrest Village is in a neighbourhood with 72 per cent initiated vaccination and 69 per cent completed. The neighbourhood surrounding the clinic has one of the highest case rates per 100,000 people of any #Vax25 location, with Toronto Public Health reporting 157 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people.
Don Valley West
• East York Town Centre, 45 Overlea Blvd.
• Thorncliffe Park Community Hub, 45 Overlea Blvd.
The Don Valley West #Vax25 clinics are in areas with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 76 per cent initiated vaccination and 70 per cent completed.
Eglinton-Lawrence
• Shoppers Drug Mart, 2047 Avenue Rd.
The Eglinton-Lawrence #Vax25 clinic is in an area with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 80 per cent initiated vaccination and 76 completed.
Etobicoke Centre
• No Frills Pharmacy, 245 Dixon Rd.
The Etobicoke Centre #Vax25 clinic is in a neighbourhood with 70 per cent initiated vaccination and 63 per cent completed. The neighbourhood surrounding the clinic has one of the highest case rates per 100,000 people of any #Vax25 location, with Toronto Public Health reporting 200 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people.
Etobicoke North
• Woodbine Mall Mass Immunization Clinic, 500 Rexdale Blvd.
The Etobicoke North #Vax25 clinic is in an area with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 79 per cent initiated vaccination and 72 per cent completed.
Etobicoke-Lakeshore
• Cloverdale Mall Mass Immunization Clinic, 250 The East Mall
The Etobicoke-Lakeshore #Vax25 clinic is in an area with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 79 per cent initiated vaccination and 74 per cent completed.
Humber River-Black Creek
• Humber River Hospital Vaccination Clinic, 2625 Weston Rd.
The Humber River-Black Creek #Vax25 clinic is in an area with vaccination rates approaching Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 83 per cent initiated vaccination and 78 per cent completed.
Parkdale-High Park
• Loblaws Dundas & Bloor, 2280 Dundas St. W.
The Parkdale-High Park #Vax25 clinic is in a neighbourhood with 75 per cent initiated vaccination and 71 per cent completed. The neighbourhood surrounding the clinic has the highest case rate per 100,000 people of any #Vax25 location, with Toronto Public Health reporting 230 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people.
Scarborough Centre
• Scarborough Town Centre Mass Immunization Clinic, 300 Borough Dr.
The Scarborough Centre #Vax25 clinic is in an area with high vaccination rates exceeding Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 88 per cent initiated vaccination and 83 per cent completed.
Scarborough North
• TAIBU Community Health Centre, 27 Tapscott Rd.
The Scarborough North #Vax25 clinic is in an area with vaccination rates approaching Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 84 per cent initiated vaccination and 79 per cent completed.
Scarborough Southwest
• Warden Hilltop Community Centre Vaccination Clinic, 25 Mendelssohn St.
• The Mid-Scarborough Hub, 2660 Eglinton Ave. E.
Both Scarborough Southwest #Vax25 clinics are in areas with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 79 and 81 per cent initiated vaccination and 75 per cent completed in both neighbourhoods.
Scarborough-Agincourt
• SHN Birchmount Hospital Clinic, 3030 Birchmount Rd.
• Shoppers’ Drug Mart Agincourt Mall, 2330 Kennedy Rd.
The Scarborough-Agincourt #Vax25 clinic at SHN Birchmount Hospital is in an area with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 80 per cent initiated vaccination and 76 per cent completed.
Scarborough-Guildwood
• SHN Centennial College Progress Campus Clinic, 941 Progress Ave.
The Scarborough-Guildwood #Vax25 clinic is in an area with high vaccination rates exceeding Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 86 per cent initiated vaccination and 81 per cent completed.
Scarborough-Rouge Park
• Shoppers Drug Mart Kingside Pharmacy, 255 Morningside Ave.
The Scarborough-Rouge Park #Vax25 clinic is in an area with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 79 per cent initiated vaccination and 73 per cent completed.
Spadina-Fort York
• Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St. W.
The Spadina-Fort York #Vax25 clinic is in an area with high vaccination rates exceeding Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 85 per cent initiated vaccination and 81 per cent completed.
Toronto Centre
• Sherbourne Health Vaccination Clinic, 495 Sherbourne St.
The Toronto Centre #Vax25 clinic is in an area with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 77 per cent initiated vaccination and 72 per cent completed. The north St. James Town area is reporting only six cases per 100,000 people.
Toronto-Danforth
• Shoppers Drug Mart Pape & Cosburn, 1012 Pape Ave.
• Shoppers’ Drug Mart Danforth & Pape, 755 Danforth Ave.
• Gerrard Square, 1000 Gerrard St E.
Both Toronto-Danforth #Vax25 clinics are in areas with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates. The Shoppers Drug Mart clinic is in an area with 73 per cent initiated vaccination and 68 per cent completed. The Gerrard Square clinic is in an area with 79 per cent initiated vaccination and 75 per cent completed.
Toronto-St. Paul’s
• Rexall St. Clair Centre, 2 St. Clair Ave. E.
The Toronto-St. Paul’s #Vax25 clinic is in an area with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 78 per cent initiated vaccination and 75 per cent completed.
University-Rosedale
• Shoppers Drug Mart Bloor & Bedford, 236 Bloor St. W.
• Shoppers Drug Mart Spadina & Dupont, 292 Dupont St.
The University-Rosedale #Vax25 clinic on Bloor Street West is in an area with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 74 per cent initiated vaccination and 70 per cent completed.
Willowdale
• Mitchell Field Community Centre Mass Immunization Clinic, 89 Church Ave.
The Willowdale #Vax25 clinic is in an area with vaccination rates more than 10 per cent below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 72 per cent initiated vaccination and 69 per cent completed.
York Centre
• Rimrock Plaza Shoppers Drug Mart, 1115 Lodestar Rd., Building E
• Bathurst Village Market Plaza Clinic, 5988 Bathurst St.
The York Centre #Vax25 clinic in Bathurst Village Market Plaza is in an area with vaccination rates more than 10 per cent below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 74 per cent initiated vaccination and 69 per cent completed. The #Vax25 clinic in Rimrock Plaza is in an area with high vaccination rates exceeding Toronto’s overall vaccination rates, 89 per cent initiated vaccination and 81 per cent completed.
York South-Weston
• The Community Place Hub, 1765 Weston Rd.
• Stockyards Village Recurring Mobile Clinic, 1980 St. Clair Ave. W.
The York South-Weston #Vax25 clinic in the Stockyards Village is in a neighbourhood with 79 per cent initiated vaccination and 75 per cent completed. The neighbourhood surrounding the clinic has one of the highest case rate per 100,000 people of any #Vax25 location, with Toronto Public Health reporting 230 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. The clinic at the Community Place Hub is also in an area with vaccination rates below Toronto’s overall vaccination rates with 74 per cent initiated and 67 per cent complete.
Quotes:
“We are doing everything we can as a City government to encourage residents to get vaccinated. If you still need to get your first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, please visit one of our #Vax25 clinic locations today. It is the right thing to do and it will help protect you against COVID-19. Thank you to everyone working in #Vax25 clinics to help people get vaccinated. Your work is helping protect our progress and bring this pandemic to an end.”
– Mayor John Tory
“With 37-plus vaccine clinics today, #Vax25 is our city-wide push to get Torontonians in all 25 ward areas fully vaccinated. Vaccine clinics will be open throughout the day in malls, pharmacies, community hubs, hospitals, and college campuses, providing a range of quick and accessible ways for people to get their first or second dose, in order to help protect themselves and our city.”
– Councillor Joe Cressy (Spadina-Fort York), Chair of the Board of Health
“There are many opportunities to get vaccinated in neighbourhoods across our city today through #Vax25. Protection for one is protection for all. We still need your help to preserve the success we’re seeing and to protect our health system. I encourage everyone who is not yet fully vaccinated to visit the clinic most convenient for you. Thank you, Toronto, for continuing to roll up your sleeves to get vaccinated and to all of our Team Toronto partners for continuing to make it as convenient as possible for residents to get their vaccine to protect our city.”
– Dr. Eileen de Villa, Medical Officer of Health
“Since the beginning of the pandemic our stores and pharmacy teams have stepped up to support our patients and communities, providing more than 1.8 million COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario. Today, we are proud to be a part of Toronto’s #Vax25 efforts to reach more people in more places. Our stores offer convenient locations and flexible hours, including some 24-hour sites, making vaccinations easily accessible, particularly in communities hardest hit by COVID-19.”
– Ashesh Desai, Executive Vice President, Shoppers Drug Mart
“Rexall has been a preferred destination for Torontonians seeking to protect themselves from COVID-19, by offering residents safe, convenient and on-demand access to the vaccine through our 51 Rexall pharmacy locations across the GTA. We are proud to support the City of Toronto’s #Vax25 campaign, by increasing awareness and reducing barriers to this important public health measure.”
– Mona Sabharwal, Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Services, Rexall
Source City of Toronto
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