COVID-19 vaccine

Michael Kras
10 Jan 2022

Hamilton now offering walk-in option for ages 5-11 at select vaccine clinics

Hamilton public health is now offering walk-in vaccinations for residents aged 5 to 11 at select clinics around the city. This is an effort to expedite the rollout of doses to the local population ami...

Michael Kras
05 Jan 2022

Centre on Barton COVID-19 vaccine clinic opens walk-in boosters for ages 50+

One of Hamilton’s large-scale COVID-19 vaccine clinics is now accepting walk-ins for ages 50 and up who want to get their third booster dose. The vaccine clinic at the Centre on Barton will be accep...

Michael Kras
29 Dec 2021

Hamilton’s ‘GOVAXX’ pop-up vaccine clinics are now appointment-only

One of Hamilton’s roaming pop-up vaccine clinics has switched from a walk-in to appointment-only model. The ‘GOVAXX’ Clinic, launched all around Ontario as a mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic on a ...

Michael Kras
28 Dec 2021

Hamilton administers over 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines

In an encouraging milestone, the City of Hamilton has officially exceeded one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered. A release from the city on December 24th shared the positive news while g...

Michael Kras
17 Dec 2021

Hamilton ramps up COVID-19 vaccination capacity for booster doses

As the Omicron variant continues to surge across Ontario, the City of Hamilton has announced its immediate plans to ramp up vaccine capacity to get booster shots to residents as quickly as possible. T...

Michael Kras
16 Dec 2021

Ontario announces new measures to combat Omicron variant of COVID-19

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across the province at an unprecedented rate, the Ontario government is announcing new measures to help mitigate the spread. The two largest move...

Michael Kras
14 Dec 2021

Hamilton residents aged 50+ can now book a COVID-19 booster shot

Starting this week, eligible Hamilton residents ages 50 and up are eligible to book an appointment for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccines. Locals who fall into this category are now eligible to rec...

Michael Kras
03 Dec 2021

Hamilton will open COVID-19 vaccine boosters to residents aged 50+

Following direction from the Ontario government, the City of Hamilton will soon open eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine boosters to residents ages 50 and above. Beginning December 13th at 8 am, Hamilton...

Michael Kras
01 Dec 2021

Canada officially bans unvaccinated travellers from planes and trains

As of this past Tuesday, November 30th, all Canadian travellers ages 12 and up on planes and trains must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Through the previous month, negative molecular COVID-19 t...

Michael Kras
23 Nov 2021

Hamilton youth ages 5-11 can book their COVID-19 vaccine now

Following paediatric clinical trials and full approval from Health Canada, Hamilton residents between the ages of 5 and 11 are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Paediatric doses of Pfize...