Starting as early as Saturday, 10 pharmacies in the local public health area will be offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to individuals 55 and older.
The 10 pharmacies were announced Thursday as part of the province’s plan to increase participation of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Over 350 pharmacies and primary care settings will be participating across Ontario.
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health area will see four additional pharmacies in Guelph, two in Fergus, one in Erin, two in Orangeville and one in Shelburne. Information about vaccine locations and appointment bookings can be viewed here.
The following pharmacies will be participating:
Costco Pharmacy on Elmira Rd in Guelph.
Rexall on Woolwich Street in Guelph.
DRUGStore Pharmacy on Kortright Road in Guelph.
DRUGStore Pharmacy on Paisley Road in Guelph
Shoppers Drug Mart on Tower St. S in Fergus.
Pharmasave Trailside Pharmacy on Beatty Line in Fergus.
Rexall on Main Street in Erin.
DRUGStore Pharmacy on Second Line in Shelburne.
Shoppers Drug Mart on Broadway Ave. in Orangeville.
Jeffer’s Pharmacy on Elizabeth Street in Orangeville.
"Ontario's capacity to get needles in arms continues to grow by the day," said Premier Doug Ford in a press release.
"Thanks to the determination and commitment of members of Team Ontario we are ahead of schedule and administering more vaccines than all of the other provinces combined. We are ready to dramatically increase the number of vaccines we can administer once we receive a steady and reliable supply from the federal government."
Earlier in March, Ontario began offering the COVID-10 vaccine to individuals aged 60 and over at pharmacies and primary care settings. Pharmacies in the WDG were not part of this roll-out.
Today’s vaccine rollout expansion brings the total number of pharmacies in Ontario offering the vaccine to 700. The province expects the number of pharmacies to climb to 1,500 by the end of April as pharmacies and primary care settings continue to increase access points for vaccines across the province.
WDG Public Health has 10 vaccination sites (in addition to the WDG Public Health building) offering the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine. All vaccinations are by appointment only. Phase 1 and Phase 2 groups are able to register here.
WDG Public Health expects to vaccinate 75 per cent of the total eligible population with at least the first dose by June this year. As of Thursday, 44,057 people in the area have been vaccinated with their first dose.
As of March 31, over 2,275,000 vaccine doses have been administered across the province, with over 81 per cent of Ontario residents aged 80 and over having received at least one dose. More than half of residents aged 75 to 79 have now received their first vaccine dose. Over 317,000 Ontarians are fully immunized including 91 per cent of long-term care residents which makes Ontario the leading province in Canada with the highest number of vaccines administered and individuals fully immunized.
