Cambridge Pinebush bivalent vaccination clinic will close this weekend due to low uptake
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The Cambridge Pinebush vaccination clinic will close its doors on Sunday due to low uptake of the bivalent vaccine.
This is the second time the region set up the clinic at the Pinebush location. This time, it was to temporarily deal with an anticipated surge of demand for the new bivalent vaccine, but that didn't happen.
"We didn't get as high of an uptake as we did with the primary series and other boosters we had," said Jessie Johal, director of infectious diseases and COVID response.
"We had planned originally for about 800 to 1,000 doses a day and I think we reached about 500 at this clinic and it dropped over the last two weeks."
She said the low uptake of the vaccine could be due to people's time interval between vaccines, and other clinics offering the bivalent vaccine.
Appointments and walk-ins can still be accommodated until Sunday, public health said in a release.
After Sunday, anyone eligible for the bivalent vaccine can still get it from participating pharmacies or doctors' offices, as well as at other public health clinics, Johal said.
"There is a high level of respiratory viruses this fall and we encourage people to be up to date with their COVID boosters," she said.
"A booster dose will provide added protection against COVID-19 this fall and winter when the transmission of COVID-19 is expected to increase," public health adds.
Johal said people can also get their flu shot at the region's public health clinics including the Pinebush location before it closes.
The Regional COVID-19 Care Clinic, which is operated by the region's three hospitals and offers tests, assessments and treatment, will continue to operate after the Pinebush clinic closes.
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