Barrie, Ont. –
The outbreak within the Transitional Care Unit at Royal Victoria Regional Well being Centre (RVH) has turned lethal after two sufferers handed away with COVID-19.
At the moment, the Barrie hospital is treating 11 COVID-19 sufferers.
Whereas making an attempt to comprise the outbreak, RVH prepares for the expanded rollout of third doses.
Employees on the RVH Sperling Drive Immunization Clinic are ready for the Ontario authorities to broaden third-dose eligibility.
Steve Walker is one in all 7,100 residents in Simcoe Muskoka who acquired a 3rd dose of the vaccine.
“I’ve pancreatic most cancers,” the Barrie man stated. “I used to be advised it was finest that I ought to get my third dose.”
Walker stated he’s optimistic. “Three extra chemos to go. I’ll kick butt.”
And whereas Walker is joyful to have undergone his third shot, not everyone seems to be eligible.
Invoice Giller hoped to roll up his sleeve for the third time, however the 95-year-old Barrie resident is not on the record simply but.
“I simply really feel I would take any precautions which might be cheap, and that appears cheap beneath the circumstances,” Giller stated.
However he must wait.
Immune-compromised, together with seniors in long-term care and retirement properties, are on the record of high-risk people eligible for third doses 5 months after getting their first two pictures.
