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Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Mass vaccination site re-opens in Leamington
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WHEATLEY — Izzy (Isabella) DiGiovanni-Lapoint (11) and her brother Jackson (6) receive a weekly allowance and have been taught to divide it up into three categories - save, spend and share. After hearing about the explosion in Wheatley, they decided to pool their “share” monies and help out. Mom and Dad matched those funds, they went shopping and pricematched for items in demand, as well as some “treats”. These two motivated children also drew up a poster and circulated it to their neighbours, arranging a “pick up from your porch” service to collect more items for the cause. In the top photo are Jackson and Izzy with Susan Fulmer of the Wheatley Resource Centre. The bottom photo shows the poster the siblings made to help their cause. Photos submitted
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LEAMINGTON — The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU), in partnership with the Municipality of Leamington and the County of Essex, has reopened a mass vaccination clinic at the Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre (formerly Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex). The clinic opened today, Wednesday, January 5 and will have appointments available from 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The clinic will be providing first, second and third doses. Appointments will be required and drop-ins are not permitted at this time. Booking of appointments began on December 29. For booking information and additional information on eligibility, visit www.WEVax.ca or call 226-773-2200. “I am extremely proud of our Leamington residents that have stepped up to become fully vaccinated over the last year. However, our work isn’t done,” said Mayor Hilda MacDonald. “We need everyone who is eligible to get their booster shot as soon as possible, and the Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre is a great convenient place to do just that. Please go online and book appointments for you and your family as soon as you can.” “Health care workers across the region are ramping up their efforts and working double-time
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over the holiday season to get vaccines in as many arms as possible in response to the highly-transmissible Omicron variant,” said Warden Gary McNamara. “Please, help our health care heroes help you by getting vaccinated, getting your booster as soon as you are eligible and helpThe gymnasium at the Nature ing ensure elderly Fresh Farms Recreation Centre friends or family will once again host a mass vacmembers get their cination clinic. The clinic opened in March of last year and closed in booster as well.” As part of the August as demand dwindled. SUN photo efforts to provide more vaccination “We observed firstclinics in the County hand at our pop-up clinof Essex, the WECHU, ics the demand for third in partnership with the dose boosters in our comCommunity Response munity,” said Erie Shores and Stabilization Team HealthCare President (a partnership between and CEO Kristin KenneErie Shores HealthCare dy, who continued, “This and Essex-Windsor EMS), enhanced model will proand the Town of Kings- vide much needed vacciville is also working with nation capacity.” employers of Temporary COVID-19 vaccines Foreign Workers (TFWs) are also available at local in the agricultural sector participating pharmacies, to provide an upcoming the Devonshire Mall mass series of COVID-19 vac- vaccination site (by apcine clinics. These clinics pointment), Nature Fresh are specifically designed Farms Recreation Centre to provide vaccination to and through participating TFWs working and liv- healthcare providers, and ing in Windsor and Essex at community pop-up County. Direct commu- vaccination clinics. Third nication has already oc- dose appointments are curred with the employ- available for those over ers. For more information the age of 18 and must be on this initiative, call 519- scheduled three months 258-2146 and dial 6. (or 84 days) after a second “The ultimate goal is to dose. get as many people living Please do not attend in our community vacci- your appointment or a nated to help reduce the vaccination clinic if you impact of the virus,” said are sick or have been Kingsville Mayor Nelson asked to self-isolate. Santos. “A clinic dedicatIf you do not have a ed to Temporary Foreign health card, you can still Workers is an ideal way get a vaccine by presentto ensure there is enough ing another form of a capacity for our entire government issued-photo community, including identification. those most vulnerable.”
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