Team Toronto has hit a new milestone in its vaccination efforts, with more than 1.5 million Toronto residents having now received their third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Continuing vaccination efforts have resulted in 91.3 per cent of eligible Toronto residents age 12 and older having received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and more than 88.5 per cent having received two doses. As of Thursday, 63.5 per cent of eligible residents have received their third dose.
A new hyper-local, equity-focused strategy aimed at improving vaccination uptake in 30 communities that continue to experience hesitancy and barriers to vaccination began earlier this week. This includes an increased number of mobile and Shop and Vax clinics across the city in places where residents live, work and play, including:
• North York Sheridan Mall, 2202 Jane St., Unit 5, next to the Walmart (Friday, February 25 from 5 to 10:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
• Lawrence Allen Centre, 700 Lawrence Ave. W. (Saturday, February 26, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
• Stockyards, 1980 St. Clair Ave. W. (Saturday, February 26, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
• Yonge Sheppard Centre, 2 Sheppard Ave. E. (Saturday, February 26, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
• Yorkgate Mall, 1 Yorkgate Blvd., upstairs by the Dollarama (Saturday, February 26, noon to 6 p.m.)
Clinics will accept walk-ins for first, second, third and paediatric doses. Find a clinic using the Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics in Toronto tool: https://sites.google.com/mobil
COVID-19 vaccines continue to be available through hospital partner clinics, primary care offices and over 525 pharmacies across the city. All five City-run clinics also continue to offer first, second, third and paediatric doses – by walk-in or appointment – including third doses for residents age 12 to 17. Appointments can be booked online on the provincial booking system (https://covid19.ontariohealth
Toronto Public Health (TPH) continues to urge all residents to get their first, second and third dose, if eligible, and if they have not already done so. COVID-19 vaccines have been scientifically proven to lower the risk of illness, hospitalization and death while protecting oneself, loved ones and the community. Recent TPH data shows that residents with three doses had the lowest rates of hospitalization, ICU and death over any other level of vaccination.
More information about vaccination options across the city is available on the City’s COVID-19: How to Get Vaccinated webpage: www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/c
Quotes:
“Thank you to Team Toronto for working to help deliver more than 1.5 million third doses of COVID-19 vaccine as quickly as possible to help blunt the Omicron surge. Thank you as well to the more than 1.5 million residents who stepped up to get their third dose as soon as they were eligible to help protect themselves, their loved ones and their city. We are leading major cities around the world when it comes to vaccinations thanks to this remarkable team effort. This continue progress on vaccinations is helping us get through this pandemic and it will ensure that Toronto comes back stronger than ever.”
– Mayor John Tory
“Team Toronto has reached another significant milestone with 1.5 million third doses administered. In our second year of this vaccination campaign, Torontonians are continuing to come together to get vaccinated and protect each other. Now, our work continues to reach every resident, in every part of our city with a first, second and third dose, so that everyone can get vaccinated and be protected.”
– Councillor Joe Cressy (Spadina-Fort York), Chair of the Toronto Board of Health
“Thank you to the dedicated Toronto Public Health staff and all our Team Toronto partners who have made this vaccination milestone possible. Throughout the Omicron wave, individuals with three doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shown to have the best protection against hospitalization, ICU admission and death. I urge all eligible residents to get their third dose as soon as possible. If you have not gotten vaccinated yet, please book your appointment to ensure yourself, your family and your community are fully protected from COVID-19.”
– Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health
SOURCE City of Toronto
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