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    12 - 17 Year Olds Eligible for Accelerated Second Doses & Booking Support Available

    Southwestern Public Health is committed to ensuring local youth can be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the beginning of the 2021/22 school year. Starting.

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    Students critical to vaccination efforts in SWPH region

    This year has been different in every way. COVID-19 has forced us all to adapt and transform the way we live our lives. The pandemic has changed our world and challenged individuals, businesses and organizations each step of the way. But, the pandemic has also provided many opportunities.

  • Southwestern Public Health Accelerating Second Doses for Additional Groups
    Southwestern Public Health Accelerating Second Doses for Additional Groups

    Starting today, Southwestern Public Health and Middlesex-London Health Unit invite adults aged 18 and older to rebook an earlier second dose if they had their first mRNA dose on or before May 30.

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    Sam's Story

    “My family got COVID-19”. Breaking the stigma associated with the Coronavirus.

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    Our People, Our Stories: Samantha

    Samantha Fox is not ashamed to say she had COVID-19. “I am comfortable saying we did have COVID-19, and we did everything right, and it still happened.”

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    Region Celebrates 100,000 Residents Vaccinated

    Each day, through a combination of pop-up clinics, family physician and pharmacy vaccinators, and mass immunization clinics, thousands of Oxford County, Elgin County and City of St. Thomas residents are vaccinated against COVID-19.

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    SWPH Expanding COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility the Week of May 10

    Amid a more steady-stream of vaccine being delivered to the Elgin-St. Thomas and Oxford region, Southwestern Public Health is expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility several times this week to align with Ontario’s rollout timelines.

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    Same Day Vaccination List Launches

    Today, Southwestern Public Health launched a Same Day Vaccination List to gather names of individuals eligible for the vaccine who can get themselves to a clinic quickly when doses are available.

  • Picture of an outstretched hand with the words "we help"
    SWPH Helps Seniors Book Vaccine Appointments

    HELP LIST: Helping Seniors Book Vaccine Appointments. Southwestern Public Health is helping those 60+ to book their COVID-19 vaccine.

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    SWPH Vaccine Appointment HELP LIST

    Armed with the knowledge that older adults are most susceptible to severe COVID-19 infection and its complications, the health unit wants to ensure that the online booking system and the busy phone lines aren’t a deterrent to seniors getting their shot.


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Southwestern Public Health (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday)

St. Thomas Site
(Administrative office)
1230 Talbot Street
St. Thomas, ON N5P 1G9

Woodstock Site
410 Buller Street
Woodstock, ON N4S 4N2

Call us toll free: 1-800-922-0096
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