No images? Click here MEMO: COVID-19 Vaccines- Phase 2TO: Health Care Professionals in the Niagara region FROM: Pandemic Response Division, Niagara Region Public Health REFERENCE: COVID-19 Vaccines: Phase 2 DATE: April 14, 2021 Primary care has multiple roles to play in the vaccine rollout. We will continue to engage primary care to increase community vaccination efforts and capacity, including leveraging existing primary care resources to support mass vaccination clinics and mobile units, and onboarding primary care practices to administer vaccine in their offices and primary care mini clinics. As a reminder, patients living in Niagara that are 60 years of age and older, as well as those from the identified COVID-19 “hot spot” that are 50 years of age and older with postal code L2G, are eligible to book vaccine appointments through the Provincial Booking Tool or by calling the Provincial Vaccine Booking Line number at 1-833-943-3900. At this time, we are asking for primary care clinics to contact all eligible patients in the “Highest Risk”, followed by “High Risk” and “At Risk” categories to communicate awareness of eligibility and local information for vaccine administration. OntarioMD may be able to assist and guide your practice in identifying and contacting patients who are eligible for the vaccination. To support you in interpreting the below information, the Primary Care Advisory & Liaison (PCAL) group has created an interactive tool (Vaccine Eligibility in Niagara). Quick Links from the table above: Patients in “High Risk” and “At Risk” categories younger than 55 years of age
Primary Care Offices – Preparing to Administer AstraZeneca Vaccine
Niagara Region Public Health (NRPH) Roles and Responsibilities
For links to further COVID-19 vaccine information in Niagara, please see Niagara Region Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccinations website. For links to further COVID-19 vaccine-relevant information and planning resources, please see the Ministry of Health’s website. Thank you again for your tireless efforts and unwavering commitment to Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign. We look forward to continuing to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine administration and distribution here in Niagara. |