Vaccine boosters now open for 50+ crowd

ONTARIO — On Monday, December 13, the Ontario population over 50 was eligible to receive their third COVID-19 vaccination, provided they’d reached their six-month date from shot number two.

The province announced the new age group last week as virus numbers continue to climb across Ontario.

The Omicron variant, barely a blip on the radar two weeks ago, now comprises about 30 per cent of all cases across the province and some metrics have case counts skyrocketing to unheard-of numbers before the new year.

Amid the gloom of rising numbers, officials says that the Omicron variant, so far, is not packing the punch that the Delta variant did last spring as far as severity of symptoms, but it’s too early to tell for sure.

What they do know is that the new variant has a tremendous foot-hold in the province and that boosters will help the battle.

In Windsor-Essex, visit wevax.ca and in Chatham-Kent, you can visit getyourshotck.ca to book an appointment.

You can also receive a booster shot at participating pharmacies with an appointment.

The Municipality of Leamington is still hosting walk-in vaccine clinics at the town hall on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 2 pm. No appointment is necessary.