{"id":71151,"date":"2021-03-15T13:37:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=71151"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:59:16","slug":"schedule-released-for-brock-covid-19-vaccination-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/03\/schedule-released-for-brock-covid-19-vaccination-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule released for Brock COVID-19 vaccination clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Ontario has now <a href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/ontarios-covid-19-vaccination-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opened its registration system<\/a> and released a schedule for COVID-19 vaccination clinics across the province.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brock University will host a mass vaccination clinic for St. Catharines and Thorold starting Friday, April 2 in Ian Beddis Gymnasium on the main level of the Walker Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>The clinic is being organized by Niagara Region Public Health. More information and a list of frequently asked questions can be found on the Region COVID-19 vaccination website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagararegion.ca\/health\/covid-19\/vaccination.aspx?shorturl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">niagararegion.ca\/health\/covid-19\/vaccination.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parking will be free and the Brock clinic will be open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. All mass vaccination clinics are by appointment only and must be booked through the provincial registration system.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario has a three-phase vaccination plan prioritizing those greatest at risk of severe illness and people who take care of them.<\/p>\n<p>Under Phase 1, which began in December, vaccinations are limited to those living in long-term care homes, health-care workers, Indigenous populations, adult chronic care home care recipients and anyone over the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>In Phase 2, which starts in April and runs until July, those eligible include adults between 60 and 79, high-risk congregate settings such as shelters or community living, individuals with high-risk chronic conditions and their caregivers, those who can\u2019t work from home and at-risk populations.<\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the population will start being eligible for vaccines starting in July.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can learn more about Niagara\u2019s immunization plans at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagararegion.ca\/covid-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">niagararegion.ca\/covid-vaccine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Appointments can only be booked for the current phase, and must be done through the government COVID-19 website at <a href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/book-vaccine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">covid-19.ontario.ca\/book-vaccine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Ontario has now opened its registration system and released a schedule for COVID-19 vaccination clinics across the province.\u00a0Brock University will host a mass vaccination clinic for St. Catharines and Thorold starting Friday, April 2 in Ian Beddis Gymnasium on the main level of the Walker Sports Complex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9794,4052,1],"tags":[8791,1403,10070,10079],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71152,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71151\/revisions\/71152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}