Six Nations COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Taking Pre-Registrations for Upcoming Clinics

Press Release

The Six Nations COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic is ready to begin vaccinating the community of Six Nations. Clinics are scheduled today, Friday, March 12, and next week on Tuesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 18 at the Emily C. General Elementary School, which was recently re-vamped to accommodate this clinic in late February. More dates and times for clinics will be announced as they are confirmed.

The vaccine clinic confirmed earlier this week that over 2000 people have pre-registered and yet there is a need for even more members to pre-register in order to administer the full amount of doses allotted to Six Nations.

All community members who are currently pre-registered for the COVID-19 vaccine will be scheduled to be vaccinated within the next couple of weeks. No walk-ins will be accepted during these clinics and public health measures are in place at the clinic. There is a strict by-appointment only rule currently in effect for the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

Every community member 18 years of age or older is strongly encouraged to pre-register in advance to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. This can be done online at www.sixnationscovid19.ca under the vaccine pre-registration section of the website.

Members that do not have access to the internet may call 226-227-9288 from Monday to Friday between 9:00AM and 4:30PM to pre-register. Members are encouraged to pre-register online where possible to avoid overwhelming the phone line.

Elders will continue to be prioritized in the vaccine roll-out, so they are strongly encouraged to pre-register as soon as possible. Once pre-registration is complete, members will be contacted by staff from the vaccine clinic to confirm the date and time of their appointment. Please bring your completed consent form with you to the clinic. The consent form can be found online at www.sixnationscovid19.ca.

Members must ensure that phone volumes are on and turned up in order to receive these calls from the vaccine clinic. These calls are confirming your appointment and no voicemails will be left to members, instead the next person on the list will be contacted to confirm their appointment. This is all to ensure that vaccine doses are not wasted, as there is a set time to administer them after the vials have been opened.

Six Nations is guaranteed more shipments of COVID-19 vaccine doses within the coming days, which means there will be a steady stream of doses coming into the community. This eliminates the need for using the COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization Matrix due to a greater quantity of vaccines coming into the community. A reminder that this prioritization matrix was only used when we were in the context of an extremely low number of vaccines coming into the community.

Please remember that those who have received vaccines off-reserve at another clinic must get their second dose with that same public health unit. If you have already received your first dose off-reserve, you cannot get your second dose at Six Nations at this point in time.

Please continue to exercise the public health measures we have been following throughout the pandemic as there are members of our community who are not eligible for vaccine yet, such as our children. We must consider them in continuing to prevent the spread of this virus.

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Media Contact:

Six Nations of the Grand River Communications Officer clickers@sixnations.ca

1695 Chiefswood Road, P.O. Box 5000, Ohsweken Ontario N0A1M0

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