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COVID-19 Vaccination Program update

February 19 2021

HAMILTON, ON – Today, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, Medical Officer of Health, presented the local COVID-19 vaccine plan to the City of Hamilton’s Board of Health Committee.  This plan spoke to the phasing as recommended by the Province’s COVID-19 Vaccination framework, as well as how Hamilton Public Health Services will work with the Hamilton Health Partners and other community partners to implement this plan.  The city of Hamilton’s COVID-19 Vaccine Plan was presented to the Province late last week and was met with positivity and praise.
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New COVID-19 vaccination clinic launching in Hamilton

February 18 2021

HAMILTON, ON – Beginning March 1, a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be launching at the St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton’s (SJHH) West 5th Campus.  This clinic expands the local vaccination program and will be managed by St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton in partnership Hamilton Public Health Services, Hamilton Health Sciences, Primary Care Physicians and Hamilton Paramedic Services.
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Province directs ceasing the administering of first doses of COVID-19 vaccines due to supply issue with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

January 17 2021

Hamilton, ON – Due to the current supply issue with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the province has directed to only continue vaccinating residents, staff and essential caregivers in long-term care homes and high risk retirement homes, and to stop administering first doses of both the COVID-19 Moderna and Pfizer vaccines to all other individuals at this time as we await further supply of the vaccine. This delay is temporary and the province has advised that Pfizer expects they will be able to send enough vaccine to restart by March.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Program update

January 15 2021

HAMILTON, ON – The Hamilton Health Partners are making significant progress in vaccinating members of the community who fall into Phase 1 of the Province’s COVID-19 Vaccination framework. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered over 10,000 vaccines through both the HHS fixed-site clinic and the mobile clinic – approximately 9200 through the fixed-site clinic and approximately 1200 through the mobile clinic. 
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First COVID-19 vaccination clinic launched today in Hamilton

December 23 2020

HAMILTON, ON – Today, approximately 30 employees from various long-term care homes from across the city will be the first people in Hamilton to receive doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.  This exciting and momentous day kicks off the vaccine clinics that are managed by Hamilton Health Sciences, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Primary Care Physicians and Hamilton Paramedic Services alongside Hamilton Public Health Services. 
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