Hundreds of walk-in COVID-19 vaccine appointments available in Barrie

There are 460 walk-in first-dose COVID-19 vaccine appointments available at 29 Sperling Drive in Barrie, Ont., on Tuesday.

The clinic is open until 8 p.m. Tuesday. People are asked to bring their ID — preferably their health card — to register for the walk-in appointment.

The hospital says 148,000 people in the Simcoe Muskoka region still don’t have their first COVID-19 vaccine dose.

So far, 63.4 per cent of the population has been immunized with a first dose, while 16.4 per cent has been immunized with a second dose.