Ontario to add more COVID vaccine clinics for school staff in Toronto and Hamilton regions

Ontario says it is adding 10 additional COVID-19 vaccine clinics in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas to accelerate booster doses for education and child-care workers.

A government release says the clinics will be located in Toronto — including one at the Toronto Zoo — Mississauga, Vaughan, Pickering, Hamilton, Oakville and Brampton.

They will offer “dedicated time slots” for booster appointments for school and child-care staff.

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Eligible workers can book an appointment at the new clinics starting today.

The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health say they are also working to make more rapid-antigen tests available for child-care centres and schools when they return to in-person learning, a move currently scheduled for Jan. 17.

Ontario initially targetted a Jan. 5 date for the return to school before shifting to virtual learning for the first two weeks of the new year as the province deals with an Omicron-fuelled surge in COVID-19 activity.

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