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    Dr. Sheila-Mae Young discusses her experiences of childrens' reactions to getting the COVID-19 vaccine and strategies for making children feel more open to getting vaccinated.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 1 Nov 2021     While the local Catholic school board calls on the province to mandate vaccines for students, trustees express concern that such mandates could be contributing to current staffing shortages in school

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 18 Nov 2021     The local health unit's case rate sits at 6.9 per 100 000 people with a test positivity rate of 0. 7 percent. There are presently no outbreaks.

    The online information session is designed to provide parents with information about the vaccine, how to prepare children for vaccination, potential side effects of the vaccine, and the ways to book

Hyatt, Sarah, Northumberland News (Cobourg, ON), 30 Sep 2021     Dr. Natalie Bocking, medical officer of health for the local health unit, explained that Pfizer's application to the United States Food and Drug Administration for approval of their COVID vaccine for

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate, 25 Nov 2021     “All students will be provided a rapid screening kit with five tests for use over the holidays,” director of education Wes Hahn told trustees at the November 23 board meeting. “The use of the tests w

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 24 Nov 2021     A local child has been barred from playing hockey and taking swimming lessons because his mother is unable to be vaccinated, according to a lifelong doctor's note. The child's mother asserts that bei

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 12 Jan 2022     The launch of school-based vaccine clinics for youth and staff has been announced, along with a significant deployment of rapid antigen tests.

McGinn, William, Lindsay Advocate, 15 Oct 2022     Some sentiments of the protest expressed though posters include 'Local Businesses are Essential', 'Vaccine Mandates Violate Bodily Autonomy', and 'If Death is a Side Effect, it Shouldn't Be Mandated'

    Anyone born in 2016 or earlier is now eligible to get vaccinated for a first or second dose of the vaccine.