Press Release
RCDHU
RENFREW COUNTY – Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) is announcing that it will be expanding COVID-19 vaccination appointments to be in-line with provincial eligibility groups.
Residents in the general population born between 1962 and 1966 (55to 59years of age)are currently eligible to book COVID-19 vaccination appointments.
Effective Thursday, May 6, 2021, eligibility will further expandto include the following groups:
•Residents in the general population born between 1967 and 1971 (50 to 54 years of age).
•Remaining elementary and secondary school workers (including educators, custodial, school bus drivers, administrative staff).
•Workers responding to critical events (including police, fire, special constables, children’s aid society workers, emergency management, critical infrastructure restoration workers).
•Enforcement, inspection and compliance roles (including by-law enforcement, building inspectors, food inspectors, animal welfare inspectors, border inspection officers, labour inspectors,WSIBfield workers).
•Remaining individuals working in licensed childcare settings (including all licensees, employees and students on educational placements who interact directly with children in licensed childcare centres and in authorized recreation and skill building programs, licensed home child care and in-home service providers, employees of home child care agencies).
•Foster care agenda workers (including customary care providers).
•Food manufacturing and distribution workers.
•Agriculture and farm workers.
•Funeral, crematorium and cemetery workers.
Please note that individuals 60 years of age and over and all other previously eligible groups who have not booked appointments can still do so.
Residents are being askedto please register online as this is the fastest way.
Individuals are encouraged to ask a family member or friend to assist ifthey are unable to book online themselves.
Please book only one appointment per personto ensure that appointments are availableto other eligible individuals.
If you book an appointment, please keep it. If it is critical to change your appointment, please cancel through the link in the email you received.
