More Ontarians will soon be eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The province says starting at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning, individuals with at-risk health conditions such as dementia, diabetes and sickle cell disease, as well as the secondary group of people who can’t from home including grocery store, restaurant staff, and transportation workers will be eligible to book an appointment to get their shot.
And starting Thursday, appointments at mass vaccination clinics will open up to anyone 40 and over in non-hotspot communities.
1) Residents age 40+ (born in 1981 or earlier) can begin booking Thursday, May 13 at 8:00 a.m.
2) “Group 2: Essential workers who cannot work from home” in one of the following occupation categories can begin booking Tuesday, May 11 at 8:00 a.m.
- Essential and critical retail workers (including grocery, foodbank and non-clinical pharmacy workers, Service Ontario workers, Service Canada and Passport Canada workers, wholesalers and general goods, restaurant workers, LCBO)
- Workers in manufacturing industries directly involved in supporting the COVID19 response, construction including infrastructure, and other essential businesses and services where facilities are at heightened risk for COVID-19 outbreaks and spread.
- Social workers and other social services staff providing in-person client services(including youth justice workers, OW and ODSP case workers)
- Courts and justice system workers (including probation and parole workers)
- Transportation, warehousing and distribution workers (including public transit workers, truck drivers supporting essential services, marine and rail cargo and maintenance, highway maintenance)
- Electricity (including workers employed in system operations, generation, transmission, distribution and storage).
- Communications infrastructure workers (including cellular, satellite, landline, internet, public safety radio)
- Water and wastewater management workers
- Financial services workers (bank branch staff)
- Veterinarians and veterinary teams
- Waste management workers
- Oil and petroleum workers (including those working in petroleum refineries; those involved in the storage, transmission and distribution of crude oil and petroleum products and those needed for the retail sale of fuel)
- Natural gas and propane gas workers (including those working in the compression, storage, transmission and distribution of natural gas and propane)
- Mine workers (including those needed to ensure the continued operation of active mines)
- Uranium processing workers (those working in the refining and conversion of uranium, and fabrication of fuel for nuclear power plants).
Chatham-Kent residents can book online at getyourshotck.com or by calling 519-351-1010.