The City of Toronto will begin vaccinating people ages 80 and over at three mass immunization clinics starting Wednesday, March 17 in downtown, Scarborough and Etobicoke. Many City hospitals, including Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, have vaccination clinics operating by appointment already and there will be many more such locations soon. But Monday, Mayor John Tory announced that the first three municipal clinics will open next week at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the Scarborough Town Centre, and the Toronto Congress Centre on Dixon Rd. The City is launching an interim system for residents to book appointments while it waits for the Government of Ontario’s province-wide online portal to go live. “In order to avoid delaying the launch of City-run clinic operations, we are working with our provincial partners to establish an interim registration and booking process for these three initial clinics,” Matthew Pegg, the general manager of Toronto’s Office of Emergency Management, said Monday. CBC
