Some residents over 50 can now book vaccinations in Mississauga
Published April 6, 2021 at 8:17 pm
Many people over the age of 50 can now get vaccinated in Mississauga.
New guidelines announced today show that areas that are considered COVID hotspots – of which many Mississauga communities fall into – will allow residents to book their shots.
The affected areas are indicted by postal codes:
As of now, anyone over the age of 55 can book a vaccine appointment at one of several pharmacies across the city.
As well, adults over 60 years of age, frontline health care workers, long-term care and retirement home residents and workers and Indigenous adults of all ages can book in Mississauga, too.
In addition, starting today, individuals with the following highest-risk health conditions will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination in Ontario:
- Organ transplant recipients;
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients;
- People with neurological diseases in which respiratory function may be compromised (e.g., motor neuron disease, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis);
- Haematological malignancy diagnosed less than one year ago;
- Sickle cell disease;
- Kidney disease eGFR< 30; and
- Essential caregivers for individuals in the groups listed above.
Other groups that will become eligible to receive vaccines as part of Phase Two of the Ontario immunization program include:
- Individuals with specific health conditions which make them at high-risk or at-risk, as well as some primary caregivers;
- People who live and work in congregate settings and some primary caregivers; and,
- Certain workers who cannot work from home (e.g., elementary/secondary school staff, food manufacturing workers, high-risk and critical retail workers, and more).
With files from Steve Pecar
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