The death of Prince Philip has left a “huge void” in Queen Elizabeth II’s life, their son Prince Andrew said Sunday, as well-wishers continued to leave floral tributes outside the gates of royal residences in memory of the monarch’s husband.
Andrew, the third of the couple’s four children, attended church at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor along with other members of the royal family, two days after the 99-year-old Philip died at Windsor Castle.
Andrew said his mother “described it as having left a huge void in her life.”
“We’ve lost, almost, the grandfather of the nation,” he said. “And I feel very sorry and supportive of my mother, who’s feeling it probably more than everybody else.”
His younger brother, Prince Edward, called Philip’s death a “dreadful shock” but said the 94-year-old queen was “bearing up.”
Edward’s wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex said the monarch was “thinking of others before herself.”
She said Philip’s death at Windsor Castle, which came three weeks after he was discharged from a month-long hospital stay, was “peaceful.”
“It was right for him and it was so gentle. It was just like someone took him by the hand and off he went,” Sophie told well-wishers. “It was very, very peaceful and that’s all you want for somebody, isn’t it?”
Both palace and government officials urged people not to come in person to pay their respects because of coronavirus restrictions on social mixing. But hundreds of people on Sunday brought notes, cards and flowers to the gates of Windsor Castle, located 20 miles (32 kilometres) west of London, while others laid tributes outside Buckingham Palace in the British capital.
Neil Loughton, founder of the Penny Farthing Club, rode his antique bicycle to the palace gates to pay tribute.
“I think that there are some things that are just important and need to be done . Ninety-nine years of life and more than 70 years of service deserves some recognition,” he said.
Philip’s funeral is set to take place April 17 at Windsor Castle. Only 30 people will be able to attend under the current coronavirus restrictions in England, but the slimmed-down service is scheduled to be broadcast live on television..
Philip’s grandson Prince Harry, who stepped away from royal duties last year and now lives in California, will attend the service along with other members of the royal family, palace officials have said.. His wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is pregnant and has been advised by her doctor not to make the journey.
Royal family members said they appreciated the outpouring of tributes and good wishes from people across Britain and around the world to Philip, who was the queen’s consort and support through more than seven decades of marriage.
Prince Edward, 57, said the “extraordinary” tributes meant a lot to the royal family.
“It just goes to show, he might have been our father, grandfather, father-in-law, but he meant so much to so many other people,” he said.
Andrew, 61, who has largely kept out of the public eye since 2019 amid controversy over his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, also praised the “absolutely amazing tributes.”
The City of Toronto is opening three more COVID-19 mass immunization sites on Monday.
The new sites are located at Cloverdale Mall in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore area, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre in the Eglinton-Lawrence area and Carmine Stefano Community Centre in the Humber River-Black Creek area.
The sites will vaccinate residents 60 and older as well as those 50 and older living in hotspot communities. As with all other locations, an appointment is required.
The three new sites are the last of the nine sites the city committed to and all together, the city-run clinics are expected to have a weekly capacity of delivering over 10,000 shots a day, based on anticipated vaccine supply.
Mayor John Tory toured the Cloverdale Mall location Sunday, which he said would alone will be able to vaccinate 11,340 people per week.
“I encourage eligible residents to get vaccinated at one of the nine City-run vaccine clinics up and running. These clinics are operating seven days a week to get people vaccinated as quickly as we can, subject to vaccine supply. The sooner we are vaccinated, the sooner we can bring this pandemic to an end. So, please get your shot when it is your turn,” said Tory.
Tory, who got his first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Saturday, added that he felt fine apart from a restless sleep and a sore arm.
“Nothing serious, you’d hardly notice it if you didn’t remember you’d had the shot,” he said.
He also addressed safety concerns about the AstraZeneca vaccine due to reports of blood clots after vaccination.
“I feel entirely confident that the AstraZeneca vaccine that I was given was safe because they wouldn’t let me or anybody else get it,” he said. “Millions of people around the world have had the AstraZeneca vaccine safely and it is beginning to provide protection for them. I think that’s why people can go confidently to any of these clinics … and get any of these vaccines and begin the process of protecting themselves.”
Appointments are available at all nine of the City-operated immunization clinics across Toronto:
- Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 277 Front St. W.
- Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Rd.
- Scarborough Town Centre, 300 Borough Dr. (in the old Sears store)
- Malvern Community Recreation Centre, 30 Sewells Rd.
- Mitchell Field Arena, 89 Church Ave. (west side of the complex)
- The Hangar, 75 Carl Hall Rd.
- Cloverdale Mall, 250 The East Mall
- North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, 200 Eglinton Ave. W.
- Carmine Stefano Community Centre, 3100 Weston Rd.
More than 710,852 doses of vaccines have been administered in Toronto via city clinics, hospitals, healthcare teams and pharmacies.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Hideki Matsuyama delivered golf-mad Japan the grandest and greenest prize of all.
Ten years after Matsuyama made a sterling debut as the best amateur at Augusta National, he claimed the ultimate trophy Sunday with a victory in the Masters to become the first Japanese winner of the green jacket.
Matsuyama closed with a 1-over 73 and a one-shot victory that was only close at the end, and never seriously in doubt after Xander Schauffele’s late charge ended with a triple bogey on the par-3 16th.
Moments before Dustin Johnson helped him into the green jacket, Matsuyama needed no interpreter in Butler Cabin when he said in English, “I’m really happy.”
So masterful was this performance that Matsuyama stretched his lead to six shots on the back nine until a few moments of drama. With a four-shot lead, he went for the green in two on the par-5 15th and it bounded hard off the back slope and into the pond on the 16th hole.
Matsuyama did well to walk away with bogey, and with Schauffele making a fourth straight birdie, the lead was down to two shots with three to play.
The next swing all but ended it. Schauffele’s tee shot on the par-3 16th bounced off the hill left of the green and dribbled into the pond. His third shot from the drop area went into the gallery. It added to a triple bogey, and his third close call in a major.
Never mind that Matsuyama bogeyed three of his last four holes, the first Masters champion with a final round over par since Trevor Immelman shot 75 in 2008.
All that mattered was that uphill walk to the 18th green, needing only to blast out of the bunker and take two putts for the victory.
And that’s what he did, soaking in the moment with a few thousand spectators on their feat to celebrate a career-changing moment — for the 29-year-old Matsuyama, and he hopes for an entire country.
“Hopefully, I’ll be a pioneer and many other Japanese will follow,” Matsuyama said.
Will Zalatoris, the 24-year-ld Masters rookie, holed an 18-foot par putt on the last hole for a 70 and was runner-up. It was the best performance by a first-timer to the Masters since another Dallas kid, Jordan Spieth, was runner-up in 2014 to Bubba Watson.
Spieth had a few fleeting thoughts of coming from six shots behind except for too many missed putts early and missed opportunities late. He bogeyed his last hole for a 70 and tied for third with Schauffele, who shot a 72 with a triple bogey and a double bogey on his card.
Matsuyama finished at 10-under 278 for his 15th victory worldwide, and his sixth on the PGA Tour.
He becomes the second man from an Asian country to win a major. Y.E. Yang of South Korea won the 2009 PGA Championship at Hazeltine over Tiger Woods.
Canadian Corey Conners finished six strokes back of Matsuyama, tied for eighth with American Patrick Reed. The top-10 finish clinched his sport at next year’s Masters. Conners also finished in the top 10 at last year’s event.
There were moments, though, the native of Listowel, Ont., seemed poised to challenge for the green jacket.
Conners had a hole-in-one Saturday and sat in sixth after the third round. He climbed the leaderboard Sunday with a birdie on the second hole, but collapsed through the middle of the round with three bogeys and a double bogey before ending the day with a 2-over 74.
Fellow Canadian Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., finished in a six-way tie for 40th spot.
Returning to the 18th green for the trophy presentation, Matsuyama again put on the green jacket and raised both arms in triumph. Augusta National allowed limited spectators, believed to be about 8,000 a day, and most might have remembered him from a decade ago.
He won the Asia-Pacific Amateur to earn an invitation to the Masters, and he was low amateur — tied with defending champion Phil Mickelson that year — to earn a trip into famed Butler Cabin. He won in Japan as an amateur, and four times after he graduated college and turned pro. His first PGA Tour victory was at the Memorial in 2014, prompting tournament host Jack Nicklaus to say, “I think you’ve just seen the start of what’s going to be truly one of your world’s great players over the next 10 to 15 years.”
That moment came Sunday.
Matsuyama is not big on emotion, and he speaks even less even when cornered after every round by the large contingent of Japanese media.
Most of the media was absent this year due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, and Matsuyama had said on the eve of the final round that it has been a lot less stress.
There was plenty on the golf course, right from the start.
Matsuyama sent his opening tee shot into the trees right of the first fairway. He punched it under the trees from the pine straw, hit a soft pitch that rolled down the slope away from the pin and was happy to leave with bogey. Two groups ahead of him, Zalatoris opened with two straight birdies.
Just like that, the lead was down to one.
No one got any closer until the final hour. Matsuyama made birdie from the front bunker on the par-5 second hole. He didn’t make another birdie until the par-5 eighth, and it didn’t matter because no one could put any pressure on him.
Zalatoris misjudged the speed on No. 3 and three-putted for bogey from just off the back of the green. Schauffele was within three of the lead going to the third hole, only to go bogey-bogey-double bogey on the toughest three-hole stretch on the course.
Matsuyama delivered what appeared to be a knockout punch with a nifty up-and-down from right of the green on the eighth for a tap-in birdie, and a lob wedge to the dangerous left pin on the ninth that rolled out to 3 feet. That sent him to the back nine with a five-shot lead.
For the longest time, it looked as though Matsuyama couldn’t wait to get to Butler Cabin and see how he looked in green.
Schauffele, however, rammed in a 20-foot birdie putt from behind the 12th green. He two-putted from 10 feet for birdie on No. 13. He nearly holed out from the fairway for a tap-in birdie on the 14th. And with he nearly holed his greenside bunker shot on the par-5 15th for a fourth straight birdie.
And then all that that worked ended when his ball disappeared below the surface of the pond.
Matsuyama could afford a few bogeys, and all that affected was the final margin. He is the Masters champion, a major that defines his elite status in the game and gives Japan the biggest week it has ever had in April. The week started a week ago Saturday when Tsubasa Kajitani won the second Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
Matsuyama wasn’t around to see it, but he was well aware of it. All he wanted was to follow her path and made Japan proud. His play spoke volumes.
Ontario has set a single-day high when it comes to COVID-19 cases, confirming 4,456 new infections on Sunday as the number of patients in intensive care surpasses 600.
The total eclipses the previous high set back on January 8 of 4,249, however that number included 450 backlogged cases not previously recorded.
It’s the second time in the past three days more than 4,000 new cases have been recorded, pushing the seven-day rolling average to 3,572. A week ago, it was 2,637 and two weeks ago the average daily count was just over 2,000.
Since the Ford government applied the ’emergency brake’ back on April 3, the province has added just over 31,000 new cases to its COVID-19 tally – more than half of those new infections coming since stay-at-home orders were issued last Thursday.
Almost 60 per cent of the new cases are in the GTA with Toronto confirming 1,353 new infections – just shy of their single-day high set back in early January. Peel Region reported a single-day record of 860 new cases while York confirmed 444 cases.
Of the new cases reported Sunday, 1,176 are variants of concern – the majority of which is the variant first confirmed in the UK. Over the past five days, almost half of all new cases are variants of concern.
The number of COVID-19 patients in ICUs across the province now sits at 605. One week ago, there were 476 people in ICU. The Ontario Hospital Association said there had been 61 new admissions on Saturday and that 50 per cent of ICU beds in the Central Region are currently occupied by COVID-19 patients. According to provincial health officials, there are 1,513 COVID-19 patients in hospital however, as is the case on weekends, many hospitals do not report their case totals.
WATCH: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/04/11/ontario-sets-new-all-time-high-in-covid-19-cases-21-additional-deaths/
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, says intensive care admissions across the country increased by 23 per cent over the last seven days compared to the week before, which is putting strain on the health system.
She says COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are increasingly impacting younger people and says there’s been a jump in the number of hospitalizations among those 40 to 59 years old.
On Friday, the province issued emergency orders enabling hospitals to transfer patients without their consent to other facilities across Ontario in order to deal with the surge in ICU cases.
Another 21 people have died as a result of the virus – the first time more than 20 new deaths have been reported since April 2. It brings the provincial tally up to 7,552.
The province says it administered almost 95,000 COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday, the first time in five days doses fell below 100,000. Health officials say more than 3.1 million doses of the vaccine have been administered to date with 333,150 having been fully vaccinated.
Provincial officials say 56,378 tests were processed over the last 24 hours, with the positivity rate climbing to 7.7 per cent.
Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died. He was 99.
Philip spent a month in hospital earlier this year before being released on March 16 to return to Windsor Castle.
Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, married Elizabeth in 1947 and was the longest-serving consort in British history.
He retired from public engagements in 2017 after carrying out more than 20,000 of them. Philip was a member of the Greek royal family and was born on the Greek island of Corfu in 1921. He was an avid sportsman who loved country pursuits. He had four children, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Ontario’s plan to use mobile units to vaccinate those aged 18 and older in COVID-19 hot spots will take some time to launch, a member of the province’s immunization task force said Thursday as residents in those areas searched for specifics on the project.
WATCH: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/04/08/ontario-plan-hot-spot-mobile-vaccine-clinics/
Dr. Dirk Huyer said the plan was being developed “rapidly” but could provide few details a day after it was announced by Premier Doug Ford.
Huyer, who is also the provincial outbreak response co-ordinator, said the government still needs to iron out details with the hot spots of Toronto and Peel Region and work with community leaders.
“That work takes time, to be able to deliver the vaccines, because it’s linking with the community,” he said, noting that mass vaccination clinics will continue to be a vital channel for immunization. “That work is all rapidly in progress.”
Ford announced Wednesday that mobile teams will deliver vaccines to hot spot residents aged 18 and older in congregate settings, residential buildings, faith-based centres and at large workplaces. Regions will be selected based on patterns of transmission, severe illness and mortality from COVID-19.
Humera Iqbal lives in what is considered a hot spot neighbourhood in Mississauga, which is part of Peel, and said she was frustrated at the lack of details from the province.
The 41-year-old said she wants to get vaccinated as soon as she can and criticized the province for not being ready to implement its plan as soon as it was announced.
“It’s just another example of the confusion with any of the messages that are coming from the government,” she said.
“I would have expected that … at least in the announcement it would mention ‘it’s starting this date, individuals would be eligible,”’ she said. “There’s no information or indication on when I could expect it, only that I should expect it.”
Other residents expressed similar sentiments online.
A spokeswoman for Health Minister Christine Elliott said mobile teams will work with public health units, community groups and local business to administer the vaccines to hot spot residents as supply allows.
“Pop-up clinics will also be set-up in highly impacted neighbourhoods to administer vaccines to those 18+, including at faith-based locations and community centres,” Alexandra Hilkene said in a statement.
She said the mobile teams and pop-up clinics will not use the provincial booking system and more details on how to receive an appointment will be provide in the future.
Meanwhile, the top doctor for Peel Region – which includes Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon – said the region will begin moving through five-year age groups every week as it aims to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
“I am hopeful, because vaccination is here, and while it will need time to be successful, it will position us well to ultimately prevent a fourth wave,” said Dr. Lawrence Loh, the region’s chief medical officer.
Peel public health officials said they will start vaccinating people aged 50 and older on Monday, and will descend through the age ranges in five year increments each week.
Public health experts have said the novel coronavirus is hardest to control in cities such as Brampton where households are larger and there’s a higher proportion of essential service workers.
Officials with Peel Region said their vaccination timeline could be extended depending on vaccine supply or if uptake in an age group is higher than predicted. They estimate that they will be able to give 65 per cent of the region’s population their first shot by early June.
Meanwhile, a stay-at-home order took effect on Thursday as the province sought to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control.
Ontario reported 3,295 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 19 more deaths linked to the virus.
Residents received emergency alerts about the order on their cellphones, radios and televisions Thursday morning, asking them to only leave home for essential purposes such as food, health care, exercise or work.
Under the new rules, stores that sell goods such as groceries, cleaning supplies and pharmacy products can remain open but only to sell essential items. Non-essential retail can open for curbside pickup or delivery only.
Ontario’s labour minister said Thursday that the province will send approximately 100 inspectors to Peel and Halton regions this weekend to enforce public health measures at big box stores, warehouses and manufacturers.
The province also promised to expand access to asymptomatic testing for students and school staff during spring break next week. Previously, students were only able to access a test without symptoms if they were a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19 or were part of the government’s surveillance testing.
York Region Public Health (YRPH) says 84 patrons are considered high-risk contacts and seven staff have tested positive following a COVID-19 outbreak at a nail salon in Vaughan.
The public health unit says the outbreak happened at Nails at Anthony’s located at 8099 Weston Road. The potential exposure to the virus happened between March 23 to March 26.
“The salon did not properly maintain a patron list, did not track the type of service for each client, nor the name of the staff who provided the service,” YRPH said in a news release.
As a result, public health officials are having difficulty identifying high-risk contacts, resulting in the need for public notice.
As of April 8, seven of the eight staff from Nails at Anthony’s had confirmed cases of a variant of concern.
All seven staff members who tested positive worked while they were able to transmit the virus.
Four of the seven positive infections are York Region residents while three are in Toronto citizens.
“Anyone who attended the salon during the dates listed above is asked to self-isolate for 14 days after their visit to the salon, closely monitor for signs and symptoms, and get tested if symptoms develop,” said the health unit.
The salon has been closed since March 26.
Peel’s top doctor says the region will begin moving through five-year age groups every week as it aims to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the hot spot.
Dr. Lawrence Loh says he is optimistic that the plan will allow the region, which has high rates of COVID-19, to exit the pandemic sooner.
Region officials say they will start vaccinating people aged 50 and older on Monday, and will descend through the age ranges in five year increments each week.
They warn that timeline could be extended depending on vaccine supply or if uptake in an age group is higher than predicted.
They estimate that they will be able to give 65 per cent of Peel Region’s total population their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by early June.
The region will use mass vaccination clinics for most people and mobile units to provide shots to those in hard-hit areas determined by the province.
Peel’s latest vaccine timeline was laid out as a stay-at-home order took effect across the province on Thursday.
Ontarians received emergency alerts on their cellphones, radios and televisions Thursday morning telling them to stay home.
The message, sent by the Ministry of the Solicitor General through the province’s Alert Ready broadcast system, asked people to only leave their homes for essential purposes such as food, healthcare, exercise or work.
The province used a similar emergency alert in January to communicate the start of a stay-at-home order when COVID-19 cases spiked at that time.
Premier Doug Ford announced the latest stay-at-home order on Wednesday, saying it was prompted by a surge in cases driven by more infectious variants.
Stores that sell goods such as groceries, cleaning supplies and pharmacy products can remain open but only to sell essential items.
Non-essential retail can open for curbside pickup or delivery only.
The province declared the third state of emergency since the start of the pandemic to invoke the new measures.
Ontario hospitals have been directed to ramp down all elective surgeries and non-emergent activities effective April 12, according to the Ontario Hospital Association’s President.
Anthony Dale shared the information on his Twitter account late Thursday night, and said the move is due to a major redeployment of staff and resources that is “required to provide care for a large wave of COVID patients requiring hospitalization.”
Dale added this situation is “extraordinarily serious” and asked for patience and support as hospitals deal with the “historic crisis.”
According to the province’s most recent COVID-19 modelling, the surgical backlog is nearing 250,000 since the province paused elective surgeries at the beginning of the pandemic.
There are currently 1,417 people in hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 525 were in intensive care – 100 more than the peak number of intensive care admissions during the pandemic’s second wave.
The modelling also predicted patients in the ICU will reach 800 by April 30.
Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, who presented the data, said at that point, with 800 people in the ICUs, “We are not able to provide all the care as well as we would want to people.”
As Phase 2 of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination plan gets underway, the list of eligible populations has expanded. Each region has their own distribution plan which can cause some confusion when residents attempt to book appointments.
Here is a full list of who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, where they can get a vaccination based on where they live in the GTA and how you can book an appointment:
This page will be updated as the criteria for vaccines is updated.
Where to get a vaccine in Toronto and who is eligible
Toronto has been utilizing mass immunization clinics, pharmacies and hospital clinics to rollout the COVID-19 vaccine to residents.
The city will also be using mobile and pop-up clinics to bring vaccines to anyone over the age of 18 in hotspot neighbourhoods. Further details about the rollout have not been made available, including where the clinics may be and how appointments will be booked.
Education workers who work or live in hotspot communities in Toronto are expected to be able to start booking COVID-19 vaccine appointments during the April Break. Details on how to book an appointment or where they will be administered have not been released.
Here is how to book and who can book at each location in the city for those currently eligible:
Mass immunization clinics:
- Anyone over the age of 60 in Toronto can book an appointment at a city mass immunization clinic.
- You can book an appointment using the Ontario COVID-19 vaccination portal or by calling 1-833-943-3900.
- They are located across the city:
- Metro Toronto Convention Centre
- Scarborough Town Centre
- Toronto Congress Centre
- East York Town Centre
- Mitchell Field Arena
- Malvern Community Recreation Centre
Pharmacies:
- Anyone over the age of 55 can book an appointment at a pharmacy in Toronto. They are distributing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
- To book an appointment, you have to go through the pharmacy website. A full list of the participating pharmacies can be found here.
Hospital immunization clinics:
- To book an appointment, you can visit this page and find the hospital clinic in your catchment area. You can book online or by calling this number 1-888-385-1910 for assistance with booking and eligibility. Some of the clinics require you to live or receive care from a primary care physician in your area to qualify.
- Those eligible to be vaccinated include those listed under Phase 2 of the Ontario’s distribution plan:
- Adult chronic home health care recipients
- Residents, staff and essential caregivers of those living in long-term care, retirement homes and assisted living
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis Adults over the age of 16
- Faith Leaders who provide end of life care, care of the deceased, funerals, bathing, or other ceremonies with direct contact with deceased persons, home visits to unwell persons, pastoral care in hospitals/ long-term care homes /retirement homes or other vulnerable settings
- Highest, Very High, and High Priority Healthcare Workers
- Transplant patients or those receiving active cancer treatment.
- Those with the medical conditions the province deemed highest risk, high risk:
- Highest risk:
- Organ transplant recipients
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
- People with neurological diseases in which respiratory function may be compromised (e.g., motor neuron disease, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis)
- Haematological malignancy diagnosed less than 1 year ago
- Kidney disease eGFR< 30
- High risk:
- Obesity (BMI > 40)Other treatments causing immunosuppression (e.g., chemotherapy, immunity-weakening medications)
- Intellectual or developmental disabilities (e.g., Down Syndrome)
- Essential caregivers of patients with the highest risk and high risk medical conditions
- Those with at-risk medical conditions are also eligible at the Scarborough Health Network clinics
- Immune deficiencies / autoimmune disorders
- Stroke / cerebrovascular disease
- Dementia
- Diabetes
- Liver disease
- All other cancers
- Respiratory diseases
- Spleen problems
- Heart disease
- Hypertension with end organ damage
- Diagnosis of mental disorder
- Substance use disorders
- Thalassemia
- Pregnancy
- Immunocompromising health conditions
- Other disabilities requiring direct support care in the community
- People living in a high-risk area code over the age of 50
- Humber River Hospital catchment area: South of Steeles Avenue, North of Eglinton Avenue, East of Humber River/ Islington Avenue, West of Bathurst Street
- CAMH COVID-19 vaccine clinic: M5V, M6E, M6H, M6K, M6N, M8V
- Englemount-Lawrence Vaccination Clinic: M2J, M2M, M2R, M3A, M3C, M3H, M3J, M3K, M3L, M3M, M3N, M4A, M4X, M5A, M5B, M5N, M5V, M6A, M6B, M6E, M6L, M6H, M6M, M9L, M9M, M9N, M9P
- Michael Garron Hospital/Thorncliffe Park Community Hub: M4H, M1L, M3C, M4A, M1K, M1M, M1J.
- North York General: M2J, M2M, M2R, M3A, M3C, M3H, M4A
- St. Joseph’s Health Centre: M6K, M6N, M8V, M9A, M9B, M9C, M9R, M9V, M9W
- St. Michael’s Hospital: M4X, M4Y, M5A, M5B
- Sunnybrook Hospital: M2M, M2R, M3A, M3C, M4A, M5N, M6A, M6B
- University Health Network: M5V, M6E, M6H
- At the CAMH COVID-19 vaccine clinic, individuals with the following health conditions and their primary caregivers are also eligible:
- Diagnosis of mental illness
- Diagnosis of substance use disorder
- Dementia
- Those experiencing homelessness or living in a shelter setting (Thorncliffe Park Community Hub)
Mobile clinics:
- Toronto will be utilizing mobile and pop-up clinics to vaccinate those 18+ in hotspot neighbourhoods. They will be focused on high-risk congregate settings, residential buildings, faith-based locations, and locations occupied by large employers.
- Details of when and how the clinics will be rolled out have not been released at this time.
Where to get a vaccine in Peel Region and who is eligible
In Peel Region, they are utilizing seven immunization clinics, four hospital clinics and pharmacies for their COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Education workers who work or live in hotspot communities in Peel Region are expected to be able to start booking COVID-19 vaccine appointments during the April Break. Details on how to book an appointment or where they will be administered have not been released.
Immunization Clinics:
- Anyone over the age of 60 are eligible to book an appointment. (Peel Region is planning on expanding the eligibility to 50+ on April 9)
- You can book an appointment using the Ontario COVID-19 vaccination portal or by calling 905-791-5202
- Indigenous adults and frontline health care workers are also eligible to book an appointment using Peel Region’s booking tool.
Pharmacies:
- Anyone over the age of 55 can book an appointment at a pharmacy in Peel Region. They are distributing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
- To book an appointment, you have to go through the pharmacy website. A full list of the participating pharmacies can be found here.
Hospital Clinics:
- To book an appointment at the William Osler Health System clinics, you can book online or by phone at 905-494-6685.
- Residents who are eligible to be vaccinated within William Osler are the following:
- Faith Leaders who provide end of life care, care of the deceased, funerals, bathing, or other ceremonies with direct contact with deceased persons, home visits to unwell persons, pastoral care in hospitals/ long-term care homes /retirement homes or other vulnerable settings
- Highest, Very High, and High Priority Healthcare Workers
- Those with the medical conditions the province deemed highest risk, high risk (these people will be contacted by their specialists or the clinic themselves)
- Highest risk:
- Organ transplant recipients
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
- People with neurological diseases in which respiratory function may be compromised (e.g., motor neuron disease, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis)
- Haematological malignancy diagnosed less than 1 year ago
- Kidney disease eGFR< 30
- High risk:
- Obesity (BMI > 40)Other treatments causing immunosuppression (e.g., chemotherapy, immunity-weakening medications)
- Intellectual or developmental disabilities (e.g., Down Syndrome)
- To book an appointment at Trillium Health Partners (THP) Clinics, you can use their online booking tool.
- At this time, only Peel residents aged 60+ and Indigenous adults 16+ are eligible to be vaccinated at a THP clinic.
Mobile clinics:
- Peel region will be utilizing mobile and pop-up clinics to vaccinate those 18+ in hotspot neighbourhoods. They will be focused on high-risk congregate settings, residential buildings, faith-based locations, and locations occupied by large employers.
- Details of when and how the clinics will be rolled out have not been released at this time.
Where to get a COVID-19 vaccine in York Region and who is eligible
York Region has utilized 10 immunizations clinics to focus on different eligible populations. Pharmacies in York are also offering the COVID-19 vaccine.
Clinics for those 65+ and other eligible groups:
- Residents who are 65 and older or a part of one of these eligibility groups are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine:
- Highest, Very High and High Priority Health Care Workers who live or work in York Region
- Staff, essential caregivers and any residents that have not yet received a first dose in long-term care homes, high-risk retirement homes and First Nations elder care homes
- Alternative level of care patients in hospitals who have a confirmed admission to a long-term care home, retirement home or other congregate care home for seniors
- Staff, residents and caregivers in retirement homes and other congregate care settings for seniors
- Indigenous adults and adult members of their households
- Adult recipients of chronic home care services who live in York Region (appropriate documentation, such as letter from Ontario Health Team or Home and Community Care Support Services will be required)
- Faith leaders who live or work in York Region and provide end of life care, care of the deceased, care of those who are unwell or provides pastoral services in vulnerable settings
- The following clinics are offering COVID-19 vaccine appointments for those listed above:
- Georgina Ice Palace
- Richmond Green Centre
- Trisan Centre
- Canada’s Wonderland (drive-thru vaccination clinic)
- Ray Twinney Complex
- Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital
- To book an appointment, click here or call 1-877-464-9675
Clinics for those 60+:
- There is one dedicated clinic in Markham for York Region residents aged 60 years or older.
- To book an appointment at the Cornell Community Centre, click here or call 1-877-464-9675. York Region is utilizing the province’s booking tool for this age group.
Clinics for those 45-59 in high-risk communities:
- There are two clinics for individuals between the ages of 45 and 59 (born between 1976 to 1962) who currently live at an address with one of the following high priority postal codes: L4L, L6A, L4K, L4J or L3S
- The clinics are in Markham and Vaughan:
- Aaniin Community Centre
- Maple Community Centre
- To book an appointment, click here or call 1-877-464-9675
Pharmacies:
- Anyone over the age of 55 can book an appointment at a pharmacy in York Region. They are distributing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
- To book an appointment, you have to go through the pharmacy website. A full list of the participating pharmacies can be found here.
Where to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Halton Region and who is eligible
Halton Region is utilizing five immunization clinics, a hospital clinic, and pharmacies to vaccinate their population against COVID-19.
Immunization clinics:
- To book an appointment, Halton Region is using their own online booking tool. Click here to book an appointment.
- The following populations are eligible to book an appointment:
- Adults 60 years of age or older (born in or before 1961)
- Essential Caregivers/Residents at congregate settings
- Recipients of regular home care services from LHIN
- Indigenous adults (including First Nations, Metis and Inuit populations) living in Halton, aged 55 years of age or older (born in or before 1966), and one immediate household family member.
- The immunization clinics are located:
- Burlington: Compass Point Bible Church, 1500 Kerns Road
- Burlington: Joseph Brant Hospital, 1245 Lakeshore Road
- Halton Hills: Gellert Community Centre, 10241 Eighth Line
- Milton: First Ontario Arts Centre Milton, 1010 Main Street East
- Oakville: St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre, 1280 Dundas Street West,
Hospital Clinic:
- Oakville Trafalgar Hospital is administering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible populations. Click here to book an appointment.
- The following residents are eligible to book an appointment at the hospital:
- Adults 60 years of age or older (born in or before 1961)
- Essential Caregivers/Residents at congregate settings
- Recipients of regular home care services from LHIN
- Indigenous adults (including First Nations, Metis and Inuit populations) living in Halton, aged 55 years of age or older (born in or before 1966), and one immediate household family member.
- Health care workers who live or work in Halton region in Highest, Very High and High priority groups (High Priority health care workers must be providing direct, in-person patient care (non-virtual care) at least once a week).
Pharmacies:
- Anyone over the age of 55 can book an appointment at a pharmacy in Halton Region. They are distributing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
- To book an appointment, you have to go through the pharmacy website. A full list of the participating pharmacies can be found here.
Where to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Durham Region and who is eligible
Durham Region is using immunization clinics and pharmacies to vaccinate their populations against COVID-19.
Immunization clinics:
- To book an appointment at Durham Region’s immunization clinics, click here or call 1-888-444-5113.
- Here are the populations eligible to be vaccinated at an immunization clinic:
- Adults 60 years of age and older, or who will be turning 60 in 2021
- Residents 50 years of age and older living in hotspots in Ajax and Pickering with the postal codes: L1S, L1T, L1V, L1X and L1Z.
- Faith leaders (providing end of life care, care of the deceased, funerals or other ceremonies with direct contact of deceased persons, home visits to unwell, pastoral care in institutions)
- All Indigenous adults and adult household members
- Individuals with health conditions, starting with Highest-Risk and High-Risk health conditions.
- Highest-Risk Health Conditions include:
- Organ transplant recipients; Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients; Neurological diseases in which respiratory function may be compromised (e.g., motor neuron disease, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis); Blood cancer diagnosed < 1 year; Kidney disease with eGFR < 30.
- Individuals in the Highest-Risk group may have their main essential caregiver vaccinated.
- High-Risk Health Conditions include:
- Obesity (BMI > 40); Other treatments causing immunosuppression (e.g., chemotherapy, immunity weakening medications); Intellectual or developmental disabilities (e.g., Down Syndrome).
- Individuals in the High-Risk group may have their main essential caregiver vaccinated.
- High-Risk Congregate Living Settings
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- Residents, essential caregivers and staff in High-risk congregate living settings (residential facilities where a high-risk client population live or stay overnight and use shared spaces e.g., common sleeping areas, shared bathrooms, shared kitchens, communal dining spaces). Includes supportive housing, developmental services/intervenor including independent living, adult correctional facilities, children’s residential facilities (residents over 16, staff and foster parents).
- Essential caregivers* are included for the following congregate settings: developmental services, mental health and addictions congregate settings, homes for special care, children’s residential facilities, and Indigenous healing and wellness facilities.
- Primary health care provider (e.g. physician office) and office staff
Community based medical specialists and office staff
- Pharmacist and pharmacy staff (those who work directly in the pharmacy)
- Walk-in clinic and walk in clinic staff
- Dentistry/oral surgeon and office staff
- Midwifery practice and office staff
- NP-led clinic and office staff
- Community health centre staff
- Firefighters (medical first responders)
- Long-term care and retirement home staff and essential caregivers
- Hospital worker with direct patient care
- Hospital non patient-facing staff
- Lab/diagnostic service – health care provider or office staff
- Police (who act as medical first responders)
- Mental health / addictions / developmental services/campus health
- Social work/social services (providing in person services)
- Non-acute rehab and therapy
- Naturopath and holistic care (direct patient care)
- Congregate living staff
- Independent health specialty
- Diagnostic imaging staff
- Chronic home care patients 16 years of age and older
- Here are the locations where clinics are being held:
- Audley Recreation Centre
- Uxbridge Arena
- Scugog Arena
- Rick MacLeish Memorial Community Centre Arena*
- The Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex
- Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex Arena
- Durham College and Ontario Tech University
- McKinney Centre
Pharmacies:
- Anyone over the age of 55 can book an appointment at a pharmacy in Durham Region. They are distributing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
- To book an appointment, you have to go through the pharmacy website. A full list of the participating pharmacies can be found here.
