What you need to know
Lambton Public Health is following Ontario’s Ministry of Health’s updated direction for this respiratory illness season where pharmacies and health care providers will be the primary source for COVID-19 vaccines, with local health units focusing on specific priority populations.
Who is eligible and when?
Starting in early October, the COVID-19 vaccine will be available for high-risk individuals, while the general public will be eligible for the vaccine beginning Monday, Oct. 27.
Where can you get the vaccine?
Lambton Public Health offers pediatric clinics as well as mobile clinics focused on specific populations such as First Nations communities and homebound individuals.
Pediatric clinics will begin on Thursday, Oct. 16 for children ages six (6) months of age to 18 years of age, who are at highest risk of complications from the COVID-19. Pediatric clinics will open to all children beginning October 27. To book your child in for a vaccine with Lambton Public Health, please call 519-383-8331.
All other residents can book their appointments through their health care provider or through a local pharmacy. Please be reminded that only priority populations will be eligible for the vaccines through both pharmacies and health care providers until eligibility extends to the general public on Monday, Oct. 27.
For more information, please visit the Ministry of Health’s website.
Vaccine Receipts
You can download your vaccine certificate from Ontario’s vaccination portal. If you do not have a computer or need help, call the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre at 1-833-943-3900 to request a copy of your vaccine certificate by email or mail.
Access to Testing
Lambton Public Health does not order or distribute COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits.
Only residents who are eligible for COVID-19 treatment are eligible for publicly funded test kits, which are available through primary care providers and pharmacies.
Residents living or working in high-risk settings, such as long-term care homes and some congregate living settings, will have access to test kits from the Ministry of Health through existing channels.
For more information, please visit the Ministry of Health website or call Lambton Public Health.
Vaccine Fact Sheet
Staying up to date with vaccinations continues to be the best defense against COVID-19.