Shared on behalf of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Department
This year’s COVID-19 vaccine program aims to ensure Ontarians are protected against COVID-19 disease including severe outcomes such as hospitalization and death.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has recommended individuals receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine annually. The mechanism of increased protection from an updated COVID-19 vaccine is likely a combination of both providing a recent vaccination that boosts the immune response and providing a vaccine that is more closely related to the circulating strain.
The 2025/2026 COVID-19 vaccine program, in alignment with the Universal Influenza Immunization Program, has transitioned to an annual program, with guidance issued each year for the September to August respiratory season and immunization provided at the specified schedules and timing
The COVID-19 vaccines may be given at the same time with other vaccines, or at any time before or after other non-COVID-19 vaccines (live or non-live vaccines), including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines and/or the RSV monoclonal antibody.
The Occupational Health and Safety Department is pleased to be offering the Moderna Spikevax to all staff, professional staff and volunteers of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre by appointment only.
The COVID-19 vaccine clinic will be held every Friday starting October 31 until Dec 13, 2025.
Hours of operation: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Appointments can be booked by calling the OHS department at 684-6212.
To be eligible for the vaccine, you must be a health care worker 18 years of age. Six months (168 days) must have passed since your last COVID-19 vaccine dose.
Staff must bring a piece of government issued Identification in order to obtain the vaccine. Your Health Card or Driver’s License is acceptable.