Today, Mayor John Tory visited the City of Toronto-operated COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Mitchell Field Community Centre where residents with appointments were getting vaccinated throughout Christmas Day. The Mayor and Councillor Joe Cressy (Spadina-Fort York), Chair of the Board of Health, were on hand to thank staff and volunteers for working on Christmas Day and over the holidays to help vaccinate everyone in Toronto as soon as possible.
Approximately 89 per cent of residents 12 and older have now received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and almost 87 per cent have two doses. Thanks to Team Toronto’s ramped up vaccination efforts this month, 27.6 per cent of eligible residents already have their third dose. As of December 24, more than 41 per cent of kids have their first dose of vaccine.
More than 30 staff are on site today to vaccinate 660 people at the Mitchell Field clinic, located at 89 Church Ave. Everyone in the clinic was in high spirits, with Christmas music playing and staff and vaccinators in festive outfits.
Originally, the clinic was scheduled to vaccinate 1,710 people this week. The City and Toronto Public Health worked steadily to increase capacity and offer new appointments, making 3,510 COVID-19 vaccinations available for the week of December 20 to 26. The 1,800 appointment increase would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of clinic staff. The clinic will also be operating tomorrow, on Boxing Day, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday from 2 to 8 p.m.
A second Team Toronto Christmas clinic at the Thorncliffe Park Community Hub is taking place from 8:15 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. More information on Toronto East Health Network COVID-19 clinic options are on the Michael Garron Hospital webpage: www.tehn.ca/covid19/covid-19-v
Team Toronto is working hard to offer opportunities for all residents to get their first, second or third “booster” dose of COVID-19 vaccine over the holidays. To make it as convenient as possible for all eligible Torontonians to get vaccinated, there are a number of clinic options Saturday, December 25 through Tuesday, January 4, 2022. More information about all holiday vaccination options is available on the City’s COVID-19: How to Get Vaccinated webpage: www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/c
People age 18 or older who received their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at least three months (84 days) ago are eligible to book a third dose. The City encourages eligible residents to book appointments as soon as possible through the blue button on www.toronto.ca/covid-19 or by calling the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre at 1-833-943-3900 (TTY 1-866-797-0007).
Vaccination appointments generally take less than 30 minutes from start to finish. People are reminded to just arrive 10 minutes early for their vaccine appointment. Your appointment at a City-run clinic guarantees you will have a vaccine. City-run clinics are easily accessible by transit and offer free parking on site. Clinic staff are also able to provide resources in multiple languages. A person with a vaccination appointment can also bring a support person to help with translation. More information on City-operated immunization clinic transportation options and on-site amenities is available on the City’s COVID-19: How to Get Vaccinated webpage: www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/c
Quotes:
“Thank you to every member of Team Toronto working today on Christmas Day, on New Year’s Day and throughout the holidays to help residents get vaccinated against COVID-19. We have ramped up vaccination capacity across the city and are delivering thousands of third doses every day to respond to the threat of the Omicron variant. Thank you as well to everyone who is stepping forward to get vaccinated over the holidays.”
– Mayor John Tory
“The heroes of this holiday season are our Team Toronto health care and frontline workers across our city. They have already sacrificed so much these past two years, and now they are stepping up to keep our vaccination clinics running on Christmas Day and over the holidays. I know all Torontonians will join me in thanking them for all they are doing to keep our city safe.”
– Councillor Joe Cressy (Spadina-Fort York), Chair of the Toronto Board of Health
SOURCE City of Toronto
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