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Hamilton’s vaccination program to offer choice of mRNA brand at select COVID-19 vaccine clinics

July 28 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 722,273 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Upwards of 76.8 per cent of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 have received a vaccine to date with 65.4 per cent having completed their vaccine series. In addition, 66.5 per cent of youth ages 12-17 have received a first dose to date and 45.3 per cent have completed their vaccine series.
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GTHA Mayors and Chairs readying municipalities for moving beyond Step Three of the provincial reopening

July 27 2021

HAMILTON, ON – Today, Mayors and Chairs from the 11 largest municipal governments across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area held their regular weekly meeting to discuss the ongoing response to COVID-19 across the region. More than a week after the province moved into Step Three of the reopening, the Mayors and Chairs discussed how their municipalities continue to see lower COVID-19 case counts and ever increasing vaccination rates.  
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Hamilton Public Health Services encouraging young people to roll up their sleeves with back-to-school just over six weeks away

July 23 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 700,857 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Upwards of 76.3 per cent of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 have received a vaccine to date with 62.1 per cent having completed their vaccine series. In addition, 64.5 per cent of youth ages 12-17 have received a first dose to date and 39.1 per cent have completed their vaccine series.
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Hamilton Health Partners plan COVID-19 vaccination program transition - Get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible

July 21 2021

HAMILTON, ON – Hamilton healthcare partners continue to make progress in vaccinating eligible members of the Community against COVID-19. Over 75.3 per cent community members ages 12 and over have received at least one dose, with nearly 60 (59.8) per cent fully vaccinated. While this is good news, this also means there are still many community members who have yet to receive their first dose, and that protection isn’t equally distributed across the community.
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GTHA Mayors and Chairs encourage young people to get vaccinated

July 21 2021

HAMILTON, ON – Today, Mayors and Chairs from the 11 largest municipal governments across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area held their regular weekly meeting to discuss the ongoing response to COVID-19 across the region. Right now, the GTHA continues to see declining COVID-19 case rates and strong uptake in vaccinations. The Mayors and Chairs thank all residents who have already stepped forward to get both their first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program expands to include “stroll-in” vaccine clinic at Gage Park

July 16 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 671,208 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Upwards of 75.7 per cent of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 have received a vaccine to date with 57.5 per cent having completed their vaccine series. In addition, 62.8 per cent of youth ages 12-17 have received a first dose to date and 29.9 per cent have completed their vaccine series.
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Hamilton Public Health Services encouraging community members 12+ to get their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine sooner

July 16 2021

HAMILTON, ON – Today, the City of Hamilton is launching an outreach campaign to contact nearly 40,000 community members who have their second dose appointments for a COVID-19 vaccine scheduled on August 29, 2021, or later at one of three local large-scale vaccine clinics (FirstOntario Centre vaccine clinic, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton’s West 5th vaccine clinic and Hamilton Health Sciences’ Wellington Street vaccine clinic).
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program offers walk-in option at FirstOntario Centre for second doses

July 14 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 656,233 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Upwards of 75.3 per cent of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 have received a vaccine to date with 55.4 per cent having completed their vaccine series. In addition, 62 per cent of youth ages 12-17 have received a first dose to date and 25.2 have completed their vaccine series.
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program includes a first dose walk-in mobile pop-up vaccination clinic for youth ages 12 -17

June 29 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 530,534 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Upwards of 73.5 per cent of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 have received a vaccine to date with 33.4 per cent having completed their vaccine series. In addition, 58.1 per cent of youth ages 12-17 have received a first dose to date.
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program update on accelerated second doses for adults 18 + and Hamilton youth

June 25 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 496,632 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Upwards of 72.8 per cent of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 have received a vaccine to date with 27.4 per cent having completed their vaccine series. In addition, 56.3 per cent of youth ages 12-17 have received a first dose to date.
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GTHA Mayors and Chairs encourage all residents to get fully vaccinated with the vaccine dose available

June 21 2021

HAMILTON, ON – Today, Mayors and Chairs from the 11 largest municipal governments across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area held their regular weekly meeting to discuss the ongoing response to COVID-19 across the region. All the GTHA municipalities continue to make excellent progress getting people vaccinated and continue to see a decline in COVID-19 case numbers.
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program update on accelerated second doses

June 18 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 443,578 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Upwards of 71.8 per cent of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 have received a vaccine to date with 18.9 per cent having completed their vaccine series. In addition, 53 per cent of youth ages 12-17 have received a first dose to date.
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program expands to include additional outdoor mobile pop-up vaccination clinics

June 16 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 430,192 doses of COVD-19 vaccine – with upwards of 71.5% of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 and 51.9% of youth ages 12+ receiving a vaccine to date.
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program update on AstraZeneca vaccine second dose options

June 14 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 414,436 doses of COVD-19 vaccine - with upwards of 71.2% of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 and 49.7% of youth ages 12+ receiving a vaccine to date.
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GTHA Mayors and Chairs encourage all residents to get fully vaccinated to protect our progress fighting COVID-19

June 14 2021

HAMILTON, ON – Today, Mayors and Chairs from the 11 largest municipal governments across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area held their regular weekly meeting to discuss the ongoing response to COVID-19 across the region. The Mayors and Chairs welcomed the first weekend in Step 1 of the province's Roadmap to Reopen and the continuing progress on decreasing COVID-19 case counts across the GTHA and the increasing vaccination rates.
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program expansion to include additional outdoor mobile pop-up vaccination clinics

June 12 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 387,127 doses of COVD-19 vaccine – with upwards of 68.3% of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 and 44% of youth ages 12+ receiving a vaccine to date.
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program includes a “Book One, Bring One” option at the youth mobile pop-up vaccination clinics

June 8 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 374,271 doses of COVID-19 vaccine – with upwards of 67.3% of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 and 38.1% of youth ages 12-17 receiving a vaccine to date.
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Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccination program expansion to include mobile pop-up vaccination clinics for youth ages 12 +

June 5 2021

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. We are pleased to announce that to date, we have administered approximately 346,960 doses of COVD-19 vaccine – with upwards of 65.2% of Hamiltonians over the age of 18 and 21.7% of youth ages 12+ receiving a vaccine to date.
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