The Thunder Bay District Health Unit confirmed to The Globe and Mail that immunizations of all willing prisoners at the city’s two jails are currently under way.Ontario is rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for prisoners in Thunder Bay this week as the community deals with aThe Thunder Bay District Health Unit confirmed to The Globe and Mail that immunizations of all willing prisoners at the city’s two jails are currently under way and that jail staff would soon have the same opportunity.
In recent weeks, the Thunder Bay region has become a national hotspot for COVID-19 cases. On Wednesday, the district’s Medical Officer of Health, Janet DeMille, extended in-person school closings until March 29 to deal with an active case rate that is the highest in the province – roughly double that of the nearest jurisdiction.
“Unfortunately, what we know is that a number of these individuals are discharged into homelessness,” Thunder Bay Mayor Bill Mauro told The Globe. “And of course that’s a concern not only for them, but for all of us.” Health issues inside the jails inevitably become health issues in the community. Adding to the urgency, research shows prisoner populations have elevated rates of alcohol and tobacco use, respiratory illness, sexually transmitted disease and immune-system issues related to stress, said Susan Bondy, associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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