Honda Indy among several events where Toronto residents can get COVID vaccine
Posted July 12, 2022 9:29 am.
As Ontario deals with the seventh wave of COVID-19, fuelled by the Omicron BA.5 subvariant, Toronto Public Health (TPH) continues to roll out pop-up vaccine clinics at various festivals across the city in July.
Over the next few weeks, TPH will be hosting COVID vaccine clinics at the following events:
- Honda Indy Toronto, Exhibition Place (100 Princes’ Blvd.) – July 15-17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Bastille Day celebrations, The Bentway (250 Fort York Blvd.) – July 16, noon to 7 p.m.
- Bloor West Street Festival, Bloor West Village – July 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Toronto East Rotary Club Blues Festival, East York Civic Centre (850 Coxwell Ave.) – July 16, 1 to 8 p.m.
- Toronto Fringe Festival, the Tranzac Club (292 Brunswick Ave.) – July 17, noon to 5 p.m.
- Fun Philippines Toronto Street Festival, Bathurst Street between Laurelcrest and Wilson Avenues – July 23, noon to 7 p.m., and Sunday July 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- TD Festival of South Asia, Little India (1426 Gerrard St. E.) – July 23-24, 12:30 to 7:30 p.m.
- Youth Day event, near the intersection of Yonge and Queen streets – July 24, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The clinics will be offering first, second, third, fourth and children’s doses to eligible residents. No appointments are required and a health card is not needed.
Second COVID-19 vaccine boosters for Ontarians
Last week, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore said second booster shots are expected to be made available for everyone aged 18 to 59 in July.
Moore told CityNews that the second booster dose would not preclude Ontarians from another follow-up shot three months later, as it would be re-formulated to add additional layers of protection.
Currently, third doses are available to people 12 and older, and fourth doses are available for people who are 60 and older or First Nation, Inuit and Metis adults as well as their adult household members. Immunocompromised people – such as transplant recipients – aged 60 and older and long-term care residents can get the fifth dose.
Ontario’s Science Advisory Table said it has been seeing an “exponential growth in cases” and a rise in the wastewater signal. It also said hospitalizations are on the rise and the test positivity rate is above 10 per cent for the first time since May.
The science table said ensuring you have up-to-date booster doses of the COVID vaccine will be important to protect yourself from the virus, and suggests wearing a mask (surgical, KN95 or N95) again in crowded indoor public spaces as well as choosing to gather outdoors this summer instead of indoors.
With files from Lucas Casaletto and Richard Southern of CityNews
