Pop-up vaccine clinics at two Hamilton mosques next week for all adults living in hot spots
Two pop-up vaccine clinics at a pair of Hamilton mosques will begin to inoculate all adults living in hot spot postal codes next week.
Anyone 18 years and older in L9C, L8W, L8L, L8N or L9K can be vaccinated at the Hamilton Mountain Mosque at 1545 Stone Church Rd. E. from May 10 to May 16 and between the hours of 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Another hot spot pop-up clinic will open the following week - from May 17 to May 23 - at the Hamilton Downtown Mosque at 221 York Blvd. between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
To book an appointment, include your name and phone number in an email to vaccines@seedsofleadership.ca.
Meanwhile, select pharmacies in two Hamilton hot spot postal codes are offering the Moderna COVID vaccine to anyone 18 years and older in L9C and L8W.
The province designated 58 pharmacies in Ontario late Friday that can now administer the Moderna vaccine to adults living in hot spots.
Four are in Hamilton. The pharmacy locations are:
- 640 Mohawk Rd. W., west Mountain
- 675 Rymal Rd. E., east Mountain
- 661 Upper James St., west Mountain
- 25 Redmond Dr., east Mountain
To book an appointment or see if walk-ins are available, visit the individual pharmacy websites.
Hamilton residents 18 and older living in the city's five hot spot postal codes (L9C, L8W, L8L, L8N, L9K) can book an appointment at a city clinic.
The city says appointments are extremely limited," but expects to add more shortly" as vaccine supply becomes available. For details, visit hamilton.ca/VaccineBooking.
Sebastian Bron is a Hamilton-based reporter at The Spectator. Reach him via email: sbron@thespec.com