Hamilton COVID-19 vaccine booking now open to residents 60 and older

The City of Hamilton is opening up COVID-19 vaccination appointments to residents 60 and older.

The online booking site shows residents born in 1961 or earlier are now eligible to book a vaccines.

#Breaking the @cityofhamilton website is now indicating that those *60 and up* in #HamOnt can book a #COVID19 vaccine through the provincial portal! We’ve yet to receive a news release about this but here’s the link 👇🏻@morninglive @CHCHNews https://t.co/jQ4AXR0XeM

— Nicole Martin (@nicolemartintv) April 6, 2021

This change is effective immediately.

It comes after news that the city was having trouble filling appointments for those 70 and older.

READ: Vaccine appointments in Hamilton go unfilled

The city says about 17 per cent of Hamilton residents have received a vaccine to date.

Our Queen’s Park reporter @rath_randy has asked Premier Ford about this today. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said as soon as they learned that people weren’t taking appointments in #HamOnt they changed the age groups. As of today those 60+ in #HamOnt can book. @CHCHNews https://t.co/JhRpOMrCsk

— Nicole Martin (@nicolemartintv) April 6, 2021