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Lambton Public Health Opens Registration & Pre-registration to More Groups
Posted on Monday, March 29, 2021 03:12 PM
Point Edward, ON – The Province of Ontario has opened registration for individuals who are 70-74 years of age (or who are turning 70 in 2021). One in-home caregiver who resides in the same household as the 70+ year old, and one in-home caregiver of an adult receiving chronic home care may also pre-register for their vaccination appointment.
Lambton Public Health (LPH) has also opened pre-registration for some Phase 2 groups (essential frontline workers who cannot work from home) including:
Lambton County Measures Experiences of Discrimination in the Area
Posted on Monday, March 29, 2021 01:27 PM
Sarnia, ON - Throughout the month of March the Sarnia-Lambton Local Immigration Partnership (SL-LIP) has collaborated with Forum Research Inc. and the University of Western Ontario to develop a survey with a focus on the experiences of discrimination in Lambton.
“The genesis of the project came from a group of organizations across southwestern Ontario seeking community-specific, qualitative data to better help each of us understand the problems of discrimination in our own communities,” said Stephanie...
Fact Sheet - Point Edward High-Output Vaccination Clinic
Posted on Friday, March 26, 2021 10:30 AM
Point Edward Vaccination Clinic
- In less than 5 days the arena transformed from children having hockey practice on the ice surface to the vaccine clinic being fully built.
- The model was adapted for use in Lambton County at the Point Edward Arena from the model launched in Grey-Bruce by the Grey-Bruce Health Unit and Bruce Power. The clinic in Point Edward moved from the planning stages to active use in less than 2 weeks thanks to the tremendous efforts of staff and community partners.
- 50 clinical...
Outpouring of Community Support for Point Edward Immunization Clinic
Posted on Friday, March 26, 2021 10:30 AM
Point Edward, ON - The high-output immunization clinic in Point Edward is completing its first week of use, and its successful launch would not have been possible without the contributions of many local community partners.
"On behalf of the County of Lambton, I would like to extend thanks to all those in our community who have contributed time, manpower, materials, funds and support to the development of the Point Edward vaccination clinic," said Lambton County Warden Kevin Marriott. "The outpouring...
Emergency Control Group Update - March 24, 2021
Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2021 04:30 PM
Wyoming, ON - The County of Lambton Emergency Control Group met Wednesday, March 24 to discuss updates to the current COVID-19 situation.
At this meeting, the Emergency Control Group:
- Received an update on current operations at COVID-19 vaccination clinic sites in Lambton County. The new fixed-site clinic model opened at the Point Edward Memorial Arena on Monday, March 22. This "hockey hub" model enables immunization of larger volumes of people than traditional clinic models. If effective, it may...