The COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Loyalist College is set to close Friday after administering approximately 50,000 vaccine doses since it began operating.
The vaccine clinic has operated for months as a major centre for vaccinations against the virus in the Bay of Quinte.
There were more than 90 Loyalist College students from the college’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Practical Nursing, Personal Support Worker, Paramedic, Pre-Health Sciences, Business, Social Service Worker, Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physiotherapist Assistant, Protection, Security and Investigation, Police Foundations and Community and Justice Services programs that participated.
As of August 30, the college will begin administering COVID-19 shots to staff and students through its student health centre.
As of Wednesday, 81% of the local population over the age of 12 have received one shot and 66% have received their second.
