Public Service Advisory Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach Clinics offering drop-ins for Pfizer in Amherst, Wallace and Elmsdale next week

Public Service Advisory

Nova Scotia Health Vaccine Outreach Clinics offering drop-ins for Pfizer in Amherst, Wallace and Elmsdale next week

October 27, 2021

Nova Scotia Health’s COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinics will be offering drop-ins for the Pfizer vaccine in Amherst, Wallace and Elmsdale next week to help support vaccine accessibility for residents and nearby community members. 

The clinics are open to anyone age 12+ for their first or second dose* at the following locations, at the following times:

Amherst Youth Centre (17 Lawrence St.)

Monday, Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Drop-ins only.

Wallace Community Centre, (13938 Rte. 6)

Tuesday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Drop-ins only.

Lloyd E. Matheson Centre (15 Commerce St., Elmsdale)

Wednesday, Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Drop-ins only.

*To be eligible for a second dose, it must be 28 days or more since the first dose, or 21 days or more if the first dose was Pfizer.

Community members will be asked to provide their health card number (if they have one) and ID at the vaccine clinic.

For those with mobility challenges, special needs, and/or have significant anxiety about needles, please notify clinic team members on site. Having this information helps the clinic team better offer support. 

All eligible Nova Scotians are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. 

For a list of other drop-in vaccine clinics available across the province, please visit https://www.nshealth.ca/drop-in-vaccine-clinics.

Up-to-date information around COVID-19 cases and resources can be found at www.novascotia.ca/coronavirus.