Peel workplace vaccination clinics start today at 2 meat processing plants
Posted April 27, 2021 6:26 am.
Last Updated April 27, 2021 7:09 am.
Peel Region’s plan to take its mass vaccination effort directly to major workplaces begins on Tuesday.
The workplace clinics will begin operation at two Maple Lodge Farms locations in Brampton and Mississauga.
The pop-up clinics are expected to administer around 7,000 doses in the first three weeks.
On Wednesday, clinics will hit Maple Leaf Foods locations in Brampton and Mississauga and on May 5 they will arrive at Amazon locations in Brampton and Bolton. At each workplace clinic, only employees at the facility will be eligible to get the shot.
The initiative is jointly led by the province and Peel Public Health, who says these steps are necessary to help contain the spread; particularly for those working through the third wave.
“Workplace vaccination clinics represent an expansion of our mobile offerings here in Peel, and supply now permits us to launch this offering in support of our overall mass vaccination efforts,” said Dr. Lawrence Loh, Peel’s Medical Officer of Health.
“By reaching out directly to residents and workplaces in hotspots, we can continue to address transmission in our community and quickly protect even more residents in our community, particularly those who cannot work from home.”
The clinics are the first public-private vaccination partnerships in the province.
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Peel Region announced the closure of the two Amazon fulfillment centres in Brampton and Bolton on Saturday.
Toronto and Peel Region’s public health units can shutter establishments where five or more workers have tested positive for the virus over a 14 day period.
Toronto announced its first round of workplace closures Monday under new rules meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The City confirmed 11 businesses will be shuttered — seven partial closures and four fully closed — where COVID-19 has been deemed present.
Affected workers are required to self-isolate and are also unable to work at other workplaces during the isolation period.
