STC's COVID-19 vaccination clinic to offer limited walk-in shots

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STC's COVID-19 vaccination clinic to offer limited walk-in shots STC Chief Mark Arcand said his organization's clinic has 2,000 doses to hand out over the next week on a first-come, first serve basis. Photo by Matt Smith / Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Article content Saskatonians in search of a COVID-19 vaccine will have one more option next week. Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand said his organization’s immunization clinic at SaskTel Centre has 2,000 extra doses to hand out over the next week on a first-come, first serve basis. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or STC's COVID-19 vaccination clinic to offer limited walk-in shots Back to video “We’re proud to be in the fight against COVID-19 because COVID-19 doesn’t know a race, an age, a colour. It attacks everybody. So we’re proud we can provide a service to all people. We want to make a difference,” Arcand said. Photo by Michelle Berg / Saskatoon StarPhoenix The walk-in vaccination program will start on Monday, May 3 and run until May 8 with a goal of immunizing roughly 330 people every day. It will not affect people who have already booked appointments for a vaccination at that clinic, which administers its first dose around 9 a.m. and closes at 4 p.m. The walk-in clinic will be offering the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is currently reserved for people aged 40 and older in Saskatchewan. Arcand anticipates a lot of demand and advised interested people to be prepared to wait.

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Article content “You might bring a lawn chair, a good book to read, some water, maybe a sandwich for yourself. You might be waiting the whole day,” he cautioned. Arcand said the doses were a gift from Indigenous Services Canada, who are a partner on the immunization clinic along with the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The clinic is geared toward serving urban Indigenous peoples, but will vaccinate anyone eligible for a shot regardless of their background. Photo by Matt Smith / Saskatoon StarPhoenix He said the walk-in clinic is possible because Indigenous Services Canada, who help deliver a portion of Saskatchewan’s vaccines to First Nations communities, found themselves with extra doses on hand. “Indigenous Services Canada had some extra vials sitting around of AstraZeneca, and they reached out to ask me if I could potentially help get them into peoples arms, and I gladly accepted,” he said. Everyone aged 40 and older in Saskatchewan and everyone 30 and older in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District is currently eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, as are members of specific professions including teachers, police, many health-care workers and firefighters. In Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Health Authority said it would open its drive-thru immunization site at Prairieland Park on May 1 and operate it until May 4 or until vaccine supply runs out. That site is open from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is accessible via St. Henry Avenue. A total of 427,739 vaccines had reportedly been administered provincewide as of Friday afternoon, per a government news release. Sixty-one per cent of those aged 40 and older in Saskatchewan have received at least one dose.

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