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 will be shifting focus to ensure protection is equally distributed across populations and the community.  In the coming weeks, long-term planning will be undertaken with our partners to support both our Last Mile Strategy, and the transition of the COVID-19 Vaccination Program towards a longer-term sustainable model. Hamilton Healthcare Partners focus remains on:

HAMILTON, ON – The City of Hamilton is implementing a policy that requires all City employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by May 31, 2022. The decision to include the amendment to the City’s Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Verification Policy was made at a Special Council Meeting earlier today.

HAMILTON, ON – In an effort to increase vaccination administration and provide children protection from the impact of COVID-19, beginning Monday, January 10, 2022, all individuals in the community aged 5 to 11 can walk into select vaccine clinic locations to receive one.

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 – Effective today, Hamilton Public Health Services is prioritizing its staffing resources to manage COVID-19 outbreaks in high-risk settings to protect community members’ most vulnerable to severe outcomes of COVID-19, along with front-line healthcare workers, and other front-line workers, such as educators, correctional officers and non-clinical staff in local healthcare settings.

HAMILTON, ON - As of December 21, 2021, the Pfizer BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine supply will become limited across all Hamilton COVID-19 vaccine clinics. The Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine will be reserved for those individuals under the age of 30 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd doses until further notice. Individuals over the age of 30 will be offered the Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine when arriving at a vaccine clinic.  We will continue to work with the Province to procure more Pfizer BioNTech supply as it is made available.

HAMILTON, ON – Effective today, Hamilton Public Health Services is recommending enhanced health and safety measures for local schools to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant of concern leading up to and following the holiday season when students return to in-person learning.

HAMILTON, ON – This morning, the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health announced that two Hamilton residents who recently returned from travelling to South Africa tested positive for COVID-19 and are awaiting results of whole genome sequencing related to the Omicron variant. City of Hamilton Public Health Services is awaiting these results from the Public Health Ontario Laboratory expected in the coming days. City of Hamilton Public Health Services is conducting case and contact management and the two individuals and their case contacts are self-isolating.

HAMILTON, ON – Earlier today, Health Canada authorized the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 years old. Hamilton Public Health Services is prepared to vaccinate the 42,000 local children eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once delivered by the Provincial government.  Information regarding booking and vaccine clinic locations will become available following announcements and direction from the provincial government.