Emergency Control Group Update – June 9, 2021

Wyoming, ON - The County of Lambton Emergency Control Group met Wednesday, June 9 to discuss updates to the current COVID-19 situation.

At this meeting, the Emergency Control Group:

• Heard that 87,748 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Lambton County, as of Wednesday, June 9. That represents 67.7% of adults aged 18+ and 11% of youth aged 0-17 years old in Lambton County who have received at least one dose of vaccine.
  • Everyone 12 years of age and older are eligible to book their first dose vaccine appointments at all available clinic locations.
  • Individuals who are 70 years of age and older or those who received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on or before April 18 are currently eligible to book their second vaccine appointment. In addition, residents who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine within the same time period (on or before April 18) or are 70 and older may also choose to book a second dose appointment for another approved COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (i.e. Pfizer or Moderna depending on availability).
  • Eligible residents do not need to wait for Lambton Public Health (LPH) to invite them to book their first or second dose appointments. Please go to LPH’s Registration page on getthevaccine.ca to book a vaccination appointment. If you do not see any available appointments right away, please check back often as new appointments are added on a regular basis as vaccine supply is confirmed
  • Please note: LPH Vaccine Call Centre volumes are extremely high at this time. If you are unable to reach the call centre via phone or receive a busy signal, please call back or register for your second dose appointment online.
• Discussed the Province’s movement into Step 1 of the provincial Roadmap to Reopen on Friday, June 11. Please continue to follow basic public health measures to protect yourself and others.
• Heard that the emergency child care program will continue operating until June 29, 2021. After this date, school aged child care programs will transition back to regular operations. Child care for non school-aged children (0 to 3.8 years of age) will continue with regular operations including the continuance of enhanced infection control procedures. Please visit lambtononline.ca/childcare for further updates.
• Would like to remind residents that local statistics are available on the Lambton Public Health website, including a detailed community snapshot.

For the most up to date information regarding COVID-19 including current statistics, please visit the Lambton Public Health website, GetTheVaccine.ca and the Province of Ontario website. Facility closures and local supports and resources are listed on the Lambton County website.

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Please contact:

Kevin Marriott
Warden
County of Lambton
519-381-6111
Email Warden Kevin Marriott

Lisa Brown
Communications & Marketing Coordinator
County of Lambton
519-845-0809 ext. 5214
Email Lisa Brown