COVID-19 Vaccination Appointments Continue to Fill Rapidly in the Waterloo Region | The Canadian News

A Waterloo Public Health spokesperson says the health authority opened a few more appointments for COVID-19 vaccination on Monday afternoon, but they filled up quickly.

That means the wait will be slightly longer for the hundreds of thousands of people 18 and older who became eligible for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.

On Friday, the head of the region’s vaccination efforts, Vickie Murray, estimated that 350,000 people would join those already awaiting the third dose appointment in the area.

“You can take a look at the numbers, and we will probably have to consider doing 20,000 vaccines a day to meet the demand,” he said. “But the most we’ve done was 10,000 a day once in July.”

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Waterloo Public Health also opened nearly 5,500 appointments on Friday and more on Monday and they are looking to add even more as they are already quite busy.

“Between December 20 and February 6, there are currently a total of 52,189 scheduled appointments at all regional vaccination clinics,” Public Health spokesperson Sharon Ord told Global News in an email.

“This does not include pharmacy and doctor’s office appointments.”

Going to pharmacies or a GP could be a good way for those looking to get in a little earlier.

“Both community pharmacies and primary care offices have also had significant increases in the vaccination rate,” Murray said Friday.

“On Monday, our community pharmacies made 2,964 doses. That is the highest total of vaccinations in one day in our region.

“Primary care partners have tripled their production in the last week, and many primary care practices are offering in-office clinics for their patients.”

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