Editor's Note: This story has been updated to indicate that clinics have been booked for people 75 year and up and to add in those locations.
Work to deliver COVID-19 vaccines continues across the Porcupine Health Unit (PHU).
The region is still in phase one of its rollout. Local vaccine clinics for people 75 years and up were announced today.
For people booking appointments to upcoming clinics, the local health unit is using its own online booking system, not the one run by the province.
“The one benefit to us with a really large health unit with a lot of small communities is we’re able to be nimble and quick and we’re able to add clinics and we’re able to adjust clinics with very short notice,” Dr. Lianne Catton, PHU medical officer of health, explained earlier this week about using the local booking sytem.
The upcoming clinics in the area are:
Friday, March 26
- Timmins - Porcupine Health Unit office, 169 Pine St. S., 8:30 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. It's for adults who are 80 years and older.
Saturday, March 27
- Matheson Curling Club, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. It's for staff and essential caregivers of longterm care homes, retirement homes and First Nations Elder care; highest, very high and high-priority health care workers; adult chronic home care workers; adults 80 years and older; and Indigenous people 18 years and older.
- Kapuskasing Sports Palace, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. It's for staff and essential caregivers of longterm care homes, retirement homes and First Nations Elder care; highest, very high and high-priority health care workers; adult chronic home care workers; adults 80 years and older; and Indigenous people 18 years and older.
Sunday, March 28
- Cochrane Pavilion, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. It's for staff and essential caregivers of longterm care homes, retirement homes and First Nations Elder care; highest, very high and high-priority health care workers; adult chronic home care workers; adults 80 years and older; and Indigenous people 18 years and older.
Monday, March 29
- Mountjoy Arena, Timmins, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. It's for Indigenous people 18 years and older and adults who live in the same household with an adult who identifies as Indigenous. Transportation is available. People should call the Timmins Native Friendship Centre at 705-268-6262 or Wabun Tribal Council at 705-268-9066 for more information.
- Claude Larose Arena, Hearst. It's for staff and essential caregivers of longterm care homes, retirement homes and First Nations Elder care; highest, very high and high-priority health care workers; adult chronic home care workers; adults 80 years and older; and Indigenous people 18 years and older, and adults who live in the same household as someone who identifies as Indigenous.
Tuesday, March 30
- Hornepayne Community Arena. It's for people age 75 years and up (born in 1946 or earlier).
- Iroquois Falls Community Centre. It's for people age 75 years and up (born in 1946 or earlier).
Wednesday, March 31
- Timmins - Porcupine Health Unit office, 169 Pine St. S., 8:30 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., Porcupine Health Unit office, 169 Pine St. S. It's for Indigenous people who are 18 years or older.
- Mountjoy Arena, Timmins. It's for staff and essential caregivers of longterm care homes, retirement homes and First Nations Elder care; highest, very high and high-priority health care workers; adult chronic home care workers; adults 80 years and older; Indigenous people 18 years and older, and adults who live in the same household as someone who identifies as Indigenous.
Saturday, April 3
- Kapuskasing Sports Palace. It's for people age 75 years and up (born in 1946 or earlier).
Monday, April 5
- Mountjoy Arena, Timmins. It's for people age 75 years and up (born in 1946 or earlier).
Tuesday, April 6
- Smooth Rock Falls Community Centre. It's for people age 75 years and up (born in 1946 or earlier).
Wednesday, April 7
- Cochrane Pavilion. It's for people age 75 years and up (born in 1946 or earlier).
- Claude Larose Arena, Hearst. It's for people age 75 years and up (born in 1946 or earlier).
Friday, April 9
- Matheson Community Arena. It's for people age 75 years and up (born in 1946 or earlier).
Appointments are required for all clinics and walk-ins will not be accepted.
People who qualify for one of the clinics can book an appointment online here or call 1-800-461-1818.
For people who do get an appointment for the vaccination, the health unit has a few tips. They are:
- Do not arrive early. People will not be allowed into the clinic before their appointment time.
- Do not gather outside.
- Bring a mask and your health card.
