News Releases

HAMILTON, ON - As the number of people remaining to be vaccinated becomes smaller and the community’s management of COVID-19 continues to evolve, Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccine program continues to adapt and shift to ensure protection is equally distributed across populations and the community.  With vaccine coverage estimates and other local data, long-term planning is underway with the Hamilton Healthcare Partners and other partner organizations, including local school boards, to support both the Last Mile Strategy, and the eventual transition of the COVID-19 Vaccination Pro

HAMILTON, ON – In an effort to increase access and provide greater protection from the impact of COVID-19, various populations in the community can walk-in to select vaccine clinic locations to receive a booster dose. Select walk-in booster dose clinic locations Effective today, pregnant individuals and their families can walk-in to these participating vaccination clinics

HAMILTON, ON – In an effort to increase booster dose administration, starting tomorrow, January 5, 2022, all individuals in the community aged 50+ who qualify for a third or booster dose can walk into the Centre on Barton COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic to receive one.

HAMILTON, ON – With rising case numbers and the increasing presence of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant in Ontario, Hamilton healthcare partners are undertaking a whole of community approach to scale up local capacity to administer more first, second, third and booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

HAMILTON, ON – Beginning Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 8 a.m. children in Hamilton ages 5 (born 2016) to 11 years of age are eligible to book an appointment to receive a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.  Hamilton Public Health Services is prepared to vaccinate the 42,000 children eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on Thursday, November 25, 2021. The plan to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11 years old was created by Hamilton Public Health Services in consultation with local child care specialists and partners.

HAMILTON, ON – To support the next phase of Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign Hamilton Public Health Services (HPHS) will be opening two new fixed-site COVID-19 vaccine clinics in November, and launching a new local COVID-19 vaccine booking system.

HAMILTON, ON – The Hamilton healthcare partners continue to make progress in vaccinating members of the community who fall into the Province’s COVID-19 Vaccination Framework. To date, Hamilton healthcare partners have administered 846,030 doses of COVD-19 vaccine – with 84.3 per cent of eligible Hamiltonians receiving a vaccine to date and 79.4 per cent fully vaccinated.

HAMILTON, ON - The Hamilton healthcare partners continue to make progress in vaccinating members of the community who fall into the Province’s COVID-19 Vaccination Framework. To date, Hamilton healthcare partners have administered 828,001 doses of COVD-19 vaccine – with 83.3 per cent of eligible Hamiltonians receiving a vaccine to date and 77.4 per cent fully vaccinated.

HAMILTON, ON – The Hamilton healthcare partners continue to make progress in vaccinating members of the community who fall into the Province’s COVID-19 Vaccination Framework. To date, Hamilton healthcare partners have administered 800,563 doses of COVD-19 vaccine – with 81.4 per cent of eligible Hamiltonians receiving a vaccine to date and 74.3 per cent fully vaccinated.