Toronto hot-spot residents frustrated by COVID-19 vaccine shortages at pop-up clinics – CBC

‘I feel like I might have to sleep in my car,’ teacher says after unsuccessful attempt

Apr 25, 2021

Vaccine shortages at Toronto pop-up clinics are leaving many residents in the city’s hot-spot postal codes unable to secure a COVID-19 vaccine and disheartened by their prospects at getting one.

“We’re frustrated; we don’t know where to go,” Lorraine Lendor, a kindergarten teacher who unsuccessfully tried to get a vaccine on Saturday, told CBC News.

The Ontario government has said it would prioritize vaccines in Toronto’s hardest-hit, lower-income areas, with health units now offering pop-up vaccination clinics in those neighbourhoods for people aged 18 and older.

However, some residents said they’ve waited in line for hours just to be turned away.

Ashak Rahman, who was in line at a pop-up clinic at John McCrae Public School in Scarborough on Saturday, said it was his second day in a row attempting to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-hotspot-residents-covid19-vaccines-1.6001222