Waterloo Region Troubles Draw Local Businesses to Host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics | The Canadian News

The Waterloo region has announced that it is asking local businesses to step up and help vaccinate the 350,000 area residents who are now eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot.

“As a region, we are intensifying vaccination efforts so that doses are delivered as quickly as possible,” said Regional President Karen Redman.

“But we need help if we are to get ahead of Omicron, and that is why we are asking the business community for their help.”

The region says this would not be the first time it has used this type of model, as more than two dozen companies had vaccination clinics, including Piller’s.

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“We worked with the Region to host a clinic for our team members last summer and we can’t wait to have another one for our team members and their families,” said Piller President Trent Hilpert.

“Helping families and communities thrive is important to the Piller team and hosting a clinic is one of the best ways we can do it right now.”

The region says it expects a large number of businesses to step up in the coming weeks in order to replicate those successful clinics.

If a business is looking to step up and host a clinic, it will need to meet two requirements, the first being that it has a qualified doctor, nurse, or pharmacist who can legally administer a COVID-19 vaccine.

The second requirement would be to keep the clinic at the end of January 2022.

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