{"id":924190,"date":"2026-10-07T15:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/924190\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T15:52:07","slug":"locations-and-dates-announced-for-flu-and-covid-vaccine-clinics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/924190\/","title":{"rendered":"Locations and dates announced for flu and COVID vaccine clinics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has released the schedule for clinics for high-risk individuals and for the general public.<\/p>\n<p>THUNDER BAY\u00a0\u2014 The medical officer of health for the District of Thunder Bay is urging people to begin booking appointments at upcoming\u00a0clinics for vaccination against the flu and COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>For individuals at elevated risk, the inaugural clinic for the fall vaccine campaign will take place Oct. 15 at the Oliver Road Community Centre, followed by a clinic on Oct. 22 at the Superior Inn.<\/p>\n<p>Those at higher\u00a0risk include adults 65 and older, children six months to four years old, Indigenous people, individuals with certain underlying health conditions, health-care workers and first responders.<\/p>\n<p>Attendance is by appointment only, and bookings may be made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbdhu.com\/vaxclinics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flu and COVID shots for the general public will be available at clinics on Nov. 6 and Nov. 20 at the DaVInci Centre, and on Nov. 12 and Dec. 2 at the Oliver Road Community Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Information about vaccine availability in rural communities across the district is available on the TBDHU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbdhu.com\/vaxclinics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\">Health-care providers, long-term care facilities, hospitals, retirement homes and assisted-living homes for seniors began stocking the vaccines on Oct. 1, while vaccinations will be provided\u00a0at local pharmacies around mid-October.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\">RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) vaccine is also available for eligible adults 60 or over, and can be administered the same time as the flu and COVID\u00a0vaccines by appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The TBDHU recommends that people speak with their health-care provider about obtaining the pneumococcal vaccine as well.<\/p>\n<p>Cases of invasive pneumococcal disease have been on the rise in the city and district in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccine is available to anyone 65 and older, and to individuals\u00a018 to 64 with certain medical conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Staying up-to-date on seasonal vaccines is an effective action that each and every one of us can take,&#8221; said Dr. Greg Holzman, the TBDHU&#8217;s medical officer of health. &#8220;When more people are vaccinated, viruses have a harder time spreading from person to person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vaccinations also reduce the risk of severe illness and hospital admissions, Holzman said, thereby reducing the strain on local health-care systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has released the schedule for clinics for high-risk individuals and for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":["post-924190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}