The Halton Region is opening up vaccination clinics for Hepatitis B, HPV and Meningococcal.
The three vaccines are offered as part of the school-based immunization program. Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr says this is to support the health and safety of Halton students.
“[That] continues to be a top priority for Halton Region. Halton residents have shown their incredible commitment to getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and protecting our community. With many local pharmacies and primary care providers now offering the COVID-19 vaccine, Halton Region will be able to transition some of our clinic locations to help Halton students catch-up on their important school-based immunizations, as well as continuing to operate COVID-19 vaccine clinics for those who haven’t gotten their COVID-19 vaccine yet.”
The COVID-19 pandemic required Halton Region Public Health to pause the delivery of school-based immunizations. Currently, over 30,000 students born in 2004-2009 require at least one of three school-based vaccines. Post-secondary students born in 2002 and 2003 who may have missed their opportunities to receive these important vaccines will also have a chance to catch-up. Eligibility is as follows:
*remain eligible until August 31, 2022. Series must be complete by that date.
Residents can book appointments starting Thursday, September 16th. Immunization clinics are planned for each municipality and are expected to run Monday, September 20th until mid-November.
“As our COVID-19 vaccination clinics wind down, Public Health is ready to get our student population caught up on their school-based vaccines, which are critical for protecting the health and safety of our school community,” said Dr. Hamidah Meghani, Halton Region Medical Officer of Health. “This program will leverage the successes from our COVID-19 clinics, including many of the clinic locations, resources, supplies and technology, to efficiently implement these mass clinics and begin catching up students as quickly as possible.”
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