The COVID-19 vaccine site is now open in Thompson as of yesterday.

 

The TRCC is being utilized to distribute vaccines to local patients, while the Thompson Regional Airport is for people from remote outlying communities, but is not open at this time.

 

Victor Kitzul, a 74-year-old part-time cast technician at The Pas Health Complex, was one of the first people to be inoculated at the TRCC, and says everyone who is able to get the vaccine should do so.

 

Dylan Stacey, a Health Care Aid at the Thompson General Hospital and a nursing student, also got the vaccine, and encouraged people to get one, stating that he wouldn’t tell people to do something he wouldn’t do himself.

 

The province says a small number of appointments remain available in Thompson eligible health care providers, and that they’re now taking appointments for the two pop-up sites that are opening in Flin Flon and The Pas next week.