Hamilton adds thousands more COVID-19 vaccine appointments

The City of Hamilton has added thousands of COVID-19 vaccine appointments, along with a pop-up clinic this weekend.

The city says it received more vaccine supply Wednesday afternoon, allowing them to open up more than 21,000 vaccine appointments at the city’s vaccination clinics.

The city will also be running a pop-up vaccination clinic at the West End Urgent Care Centre on Main St. over the long weekend.

That clinic will administer the Moderna vaccine.

Heads up #HamOnt, more than 21,000 vaccine appointments are now available!! Moderna Mobile pop-up clinic dates: May 22, 23 & 24, 2021
Location: West End Urgent Care Centre, 690 Main Street West
These are all by-appointment only.
Book on the provincial portal. @CHCHNews

— Nicole Martin (@nicolemartintv) May 19, 2021

The new appointments and pop-up clinic are by appointment only.

Vaccine booking opened up to Ontario residents 18 and older on Tuesday. But several local health units, including Hamilton, did not have enough appointments to meet demand.

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The city says it has administered nearly 257,000 vaccine doses. It says 50.2 per cent of residents over the age of 18 have received a vaccine.

The goal is to have 75 per cent of Hamilton residents vaccinated on or before June 21.