Burnaby has been left off a list of new and expanded COVID-19 vaccination clinics, but Fraser Health says a second one for the city is in the works.
Burnaby, the third-largest city in B.C., has just one vaccination site right now, located on the campus of BCIT.
A second one was at the Christine Sinclair Community Centre on Kensington, but was closed in 2021.
Fraser Health is now expanding or reopening mass COVID-19 immunization clinics in our region to provide people with more opportunities to book appointments for booster doses.
The new or expanded clinics include:
- Chilliwack Mall (now open Sunday to Thursday)
- Cloverdale Recreation Centre (now open seven days a week)
- Langley Events Centre (open on January 9, increasing to Tuesday to Saturday starting January 11)
- Maple Ridge: Haney Place Mall (now open Sunday to Thursday, increasing to seven days a week starting January 9)
- New Westminster: Anvil Centre (open January 8 to 23 and January 27 to 31)
- South Surrey Recreation Centre (now open seven days a week)
- Surrey North (now open seven days a week)
“We are working on setting up additional sites in the Burnaby and Coquitlam areas, and will update our website with opening dates and hours of operation in the coming days,” said a news release.
“With this new clinic capacity, across all of our sites, we expect to provide an average of 75,000 immunizations weekly by January 17, 2022, up from an average of 32,000 immunizations weekly in December 2021.
In addition, we expect pharmacies in our region to provide an average of 40,000 immunizations weekly by January 17, 2022, up from an average of 18,000 immunizations weekly in December 2021.”
