Drive-through, walk-in COVID vaccination clinics open for business

The drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Saskatchewan’s two largest cities are gearing up to accept patients again.

Everyone aged 26 and over can attend the clinics. The age of eligibility is to fall to 23 and over on Friday.

The drive-through clinic at Saskatoon’s Prairieland Park reopened Wednesday and is to be open until 8 p.m.

It’s also to run Thursday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or until its vaccine supply is gone.

The drive-through at Regina’s Evraz Place is to be open for business Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. It’s to operate between those hours on Friday and Saturday as well, and on Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those hours depend on vaccine supply.

There also are walk-in clinics scheduled for this week in Regina, with one at the Argyle Park Community Centre (Thursday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) and one at the South Leisure Neighbourhood Centre (Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.).

The Saskatchewan Health Authority also is operating drive-through clinics in:

• Lloydminster: Wednesday until 7:30 p.m., at the Exhibition Grounds;
• North Battleford: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 391 Yellowhead Highway;
• Warman: Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to  8 p.m., 501 Centennial Blvd.; and,
• Yorkton: Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., St. Mary’s Cultural Centre.

Walk-in clinics are scheduled for:

• Kipling: Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Kipling Rec Centre;
• Martensville: Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Northridge Centennial Community Centre;
• Melville: Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Horizon Credit Union Centre;
• Moose Jaw: Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Exhibition Grounds;
• Ogema: Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Heritage Hall; and,
• Preeceville: Wednesday, until 7 p.m., Ukrainian Catholic Hall.

Anyone who’s eligible by age or as a frontline worker also can book a vaccination appointment online or by phone (1-833-727-5826), or they can make arrangements to get a shot at a pharmacy that’s participating in the province’s pilot vaccination project.