THUNDER BAY – Anishnawbe Mushkiki, in partnership with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit and the City of Thunder Bay, will be hosting clinics for all COVID-19 vaccinations and flu shots for Indigenous adults, youth and children residing in Thunder Bay.
Partial dose vaccines for children will be available for First Nation, Inuit and Metis identifying children aged 5 to 11.
First and second vaccine doses will be available for First Nation, Inuit and Metis identifying youth and adults, and their non-Indigenous household members, aged 12 and up, and vaccine booster shots will be available for those who have had at least six months pass since their previous dose.
Flu shots will be available as well, by appointment and walk in.
Bookings can be made online at https://www.tbdhu.com/mushkiki. For more information, please visit www.mushkiki.com. Telephone booking lines will also be available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at (807) 623-0383.
The clinic held its first day on Monday and saw immediate success in the number of people who made appointments.
“Just that sort of positivity right now, it’s great, especially with all of the outbreaks happening in the schools right now too,” said Kim Bernaer, registered nurse.
“It’s nice to see these kids getting that protection and getting their doses done with Christmas coming up too. It’s nice that, you know, if we want to have a Christmas together, then that extra protection is definitely good.”
The clinic will be held on the CLE Grounds at 425 Northern Avenue in the Heritage Building on Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and at the Coliseum Building on Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The clinic will also be held at Anishnawbe Mushkiki at 1260 Golf Links Road (third floor) on Dec. 2, 9 and 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Anishnawbe Mushkiki thanked the Nokiiwin Tribal Council and the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council for ongoing support of vaccine initiatives.
