With COVID-19 clinics set to close, Toronto wants to focus on boosting student immunization rates – CBC

TPH board asks council to request money from province for help catching up on school vaccines

Nov 29, 2023

With four of Toronto’s temporary COVID-19 vaccination sites set to close for good, the city is hoping to switch focus to boosting immunization rates for school-aged children.

Provincial funding will soon run out, meaning “fixed-site” vaccination clinics at Metro Hall, Cloverdale Mall, North York Civic Centre and one near Scarborough Town Centre will close after Dec. 13, the city announced in a release Monday.

Now, Toronto Public Health (TPH) wants the province to provide funds to get school children caught up on routine vaccinations that were disrupted during the pandemic.

“We have approximately 350,000 students every year in the school system … from Kindergarten to Grade 12,” said Toronto’s Associate Medical Officer of Health Vinita Dubey.

“We know that, based on our current records, 250,000 of them are missing one or more vaccines.”

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-clinics-closing-toronto-1.7042767