Express_2021_03_17

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IMMUNIZATION BOOKING SYSTEM OPENS FOR SENIORS

STEPHEN JEFFERY stephen.jeffery@eap.on.ca

COVID-19 vaccination appointments can be made for those aged 80 and over online or over the phone from this week. 5IFQSPWJODJBMHPWFSONFOUTCPPLJOHTZT - tem went live on Monday morning. Anyone who would turn 80 this year or older (those CPSOJOPSFBSMJFS XPVMECFBDDFQUFE GPSBCPPLJOH5IFBQQPJOUNFOUTDPVMECF NBEFCZWJTJUJOHXXX0OUBSJPDBCPPLWBD - DJOFPSDBMMJOH "UFDIOJDBMJTTVFBGGFDUFECPPLJOHTGPS SFTJEFOUTPGUIF&BTUFSO0OUBSJP)FBMUI6OJU &0)6 PO.POEBZ5IFIFBMUIVOJUTBJEUIF province had not added all of their clinic loca- tions, which caused an error message on the CPPLJOHTFSWJDFi1MFBTFOPUFUIBUPVSTUBGG JTVOBCMF UPBDDFTT UIJTCPPLJOHTZTUFN  TPBSFVOBCMFUPCPPLBOBQQPJOUNFOUGPS you if you call,” the health unit said in a statement released on Monday afternoon. i8FBSFTPSSZGPSUIJTJODPOWFOJFODFu5IF MPDBMJTTVFBQQFBSFEUPIBWFCFFOSFTPMWFE CZUIFFOEPG.POEBZ &0)6.FEJDBM0GàDFSPG)FBMUI%S1BVM 3PVNFMJPUJTTBJEIFCFMJFWFEUIFQSPWJODJBM TZTUFNXPVMECFBCMFUPIBOEMFUIFWPMVNF of applications once the technical issues XFSF TPMWFE i* UIJOL UIFSF BSF HSPXJOH QBJOT uIFTBJEi5IJTJTBOVOQSFDFEFOUFE thing that’s going on. Moving forward, they’ll CFBCMFUPHFUUIFLJOLTPVU 4JY WBDDJOBUJPO DMJOJDTXFSF BWBJMBCMF BDSPTT UIF SFHJPOBU$BTTFMNBO )BXLFT - CVSZ 3PDLMBOE "MFYBOESJB $PSOXBMM BOE 8JODIFTUFS%S3PVNFMJPUJTTBJEQPQVQBOE NPCJMFDMJOJDTXPVMEBMTPCFTFUVQUPIFMQ administer to the doses to more people. Outbreaks "OPVUCSFBLDPOUJOVFEBU1MBDF3JEFBV JO )BXLFTCVSZ  XJUI POF SFTJEFOU DBTF 5IFSF XFSF OP PVUCSFBLT SFQPSUFE BU 1SFTDPUU3VTTFMMTDIPPMTBTPG.POEBZ CVU École élémentaire catholique Sacré-Coeur in Clarence-Rockland reported one staff

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EOHU LAUNCHES RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR VACCINATION SITE WORKERS

STEPHEN JEFFERY stephen.jeffery@eap.on.ca

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) has asked for help staffing COVID-19 immunization clinics ahead of a broader vaccine rollout later this year. 5IFIFBMUIVOJUTBJEJOB8FEOFTEBZKPC post that it was looking for greeters and screeners, data entry clerks, monitors and other general support staff for the clinics. Applicants would need to have graduated IJHITDIPPM CFBWBJMBCMF GPSBU MFBTU UXP EBZTQFSXFFL CFBCMF UPDPNNVOJDBUF XFMMJO&OHMJTIBOE'SFODI BOEQPTTFTTB driver’s license. 5IFKPCT XIJDIXPVMECFBWBJMBCMFJOCPUI Prescott-Russell and Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, were part of a wider plan to set up mass immunization centres across the health unit.

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