{"id":98330,"date":"2021-05-29T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=98330"},"modified":"2021-05-31T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T03:23:12","slug":"health-unit-encourages-youth-12-17-to-book-covid-vaccine-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/health-unit-encourages-youth-12-17-to-book-covid-vaccine-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Health unit encourages youth 12-17 to book COVID vaccine appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A message from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today (May 29) at 8:00 a.m.<strong>,<\/strong> thousands of new COVID-19 vaccination appointments will become available and the health unit is encouraging youth ages 12 -17 to book their first dose in June with the expectation that they will receive their second dose two weeks before school starts. Vaccines are an important tool in helping to stop the spread of COVID-19 and allow students and families to resume normal activities and can help to keep schools open. <\/p>\n\n\n<broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19 vaccine appointments can be made through the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/bookvaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">provincial booking system<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;or the&nbsp;Provincial Vaccine Booking Line: 1-833-943-3900, as well as at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/vaccine-locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">select pharmacies<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;administering the Pfizer vaccine. To book an appointment online, individuals must already be 12 years old as of the date of their booking and be able to provide informed consent before receiving their vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about COVID-19 and who is eligible for an appointment, please visit our COVID-19 pages at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simcoemuskokahealth.org\/Topics\/COVID-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">www.smdhu.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit Today (May 29) at 8:00 a.m., thousands of new COVID-19 vaccination appointments will become available and the health unit is encouraging [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":92778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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