Pre-registration open for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph residents aged 16 and up as the region successfully vaccinates over one fourth of its population
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph (WDG) Public Health has begun preparations for Phase 3 of the vaccination process by announcing pre-registration for all remaining residents aged 16 and up.
According to a news release from WDG Public Health, the number of local residents who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine hit over 25 per cent on April 13, which is a milestone worth celebrating says Dr. Nicola Mercer, medical officer of health and CEO of WDG Public Health.
The region hopes to have at least 75 per cent of its population vaccinated by June of this year.
Health officials are now focusing on “[reducing] barriers to vaccination” and are looking to offer residents who have yet to receive the vaccine more support and resources.
“Public Health and all local vaccination partners continue to work aggressively toward vaccinating our region as quickly as possible,” said Mercer in the release.
By pre-registering, you will not be booked for an appointment right away. Instead, WDG Public Health will contact you and provide a web link and “unique code” that you can use to schedule an appointment for the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
If a resident provides their email as a point of contact, WDG Public Health urges them to regularly check their inbox as well as the junk or spam folders.
Details on eligibility and instructions for pre-registration and appointment booking can be found on WDG Public Health’s website.
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…And the web site doesn’t work. I’ve finally got my notification today, logged in, kept timing out before the code was sent via text message. Finally got in and I’ve gone all the way to the end of September and it still says “choose another day”. Tried it on two different browsers. So I call in and I’m on hold forever. Ridiculous.