{"id":109267,"date":"2023-10-10T13:48:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=109267"},"modified":"2023-10-10T13:48:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:48:26","slug":"city-launches-vaccination-campaign-ahead-of-expected-illness-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/canada\/city-launches-vaccination-campaign-ahead-of-expected-illness-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"City launches vaccination campaign ahead of expected illness surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pfizer-bivalent-vaccine-covid.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109268\" src=\"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pfizer-bivalent-vaccine-covid.jpg\" alt=\"pfizer-bivalent-vaccine-covid\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pfizer-bivalent-vaccine-covid.jpg 780w, https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pfizer-bivalent-vaccine-covid-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pfizer-bivalent-vaccine-covid-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pfizer-bivalent-vaccine-covid-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>With respiratory illness season on the horizon, Toronto Public Health (TPH) has launched a vaccination campaign in the hopes that people will get shots for both COVID-19 and the flu.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a news release issued Tuesday, TPH officials said the city is anticipating a &#8220;surge&#8221; in such illnesses through the fall. Public Health Ontario&#8217;s latest COVID-19 wastewater data shows\u00a0<u>an uptick of the virus in most parts of the province<\/u>, including the Greater Toronto Area.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Vaccine protection decreases over time and many of us are due for an additional dose,&#8221; said Board of Health Chair Chris Moise\u00a0in a statement. &#8220;New formulations of the COVID-19 vaccine are effective against the current dominant variant of the virus.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I encourage residents to be vaccinated for both COVID-19 and the flu as soon as they&#8217;re eligible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The city says in an effort to protect some of Toronto&#8217;s most vulnerable residents, public health is now offering COVID-19 vaccines at its fixed-site vaccination clinics. Over 4,250 new appointments have been added for the updated monovalent vaccine, with another 8,500 appointments set to open up in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TPH says it is using a phased approach to rolling out the new vaccine based on provincial eligibility criteria, starting with priority groups including:<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Residents and staff in congregate living settings.<\/li>\n<li>People 65 years of age or older.<\/li>\n<li>People who are pregnant.<\/li>\n<li>Children six months to four years of age.<\/li>\n<li>People who are from a First Nation, Inuit, or M\u00e9tis community and\/or who self-identify as First Nation, Inuit or M\u00e9tis, and their households.<\/li>\n<li>Members of racialized and other equity-deserving communities.<\/li>\n<li>People with chronic underlying health conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Eligible residents can now\u00a0<u>book a vaccine appointment online<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Starting on Oct. 31, all Torontonians can get an updated COVID-19 vaccine and a flu vaccine at the same time at fixed-site vaccination clinics, pharmacies or primary health-care providers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Beginning Oct. 25, the general public\u00a0<u>can start booking vaccine appointments in advance<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The city says mobile clinics will also offer vaccines to shelter residents, retirement communities and newcomer agency clients.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Toronto is a caring city,&#8221;\u00a0Mayor Olivia Chow said in a statement. &#8220;As we head into the fall and winter seasons, let&#8217;s remember to care for ourselves and others by rolling up our sleeves and getting vaccinated for COVID-19 and the flu as soon as it&#8217;s our turn.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With respiratory illness season on the horizon, Toronto Public Health (TPH) has launched a vaccination campaign in the hopes that people will get shots for both COVID-19 and the flu. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":109268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3539],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pfizer-bivalent-vaccine-covid.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109270,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109267\/revisions\/109270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}