COVID-19 cases this month and availability of booster shots for those aged 18-plus starting Monday has the city scrambling to expand their vaccination program.A surge in cases tied to the Omicron variant across the province has put more urgency on third shots, for which an estimated 320,000 Hamiltonians would be eligible on Dec.
20, according to public health.“Hamilton health-care partners are exploring all options to expand capacity to earlier levels seen in the spring and summer of 2021, however, this is a challenging undertaking with limited health care human resources across the local health care system,” the city agency said in a release Thursday afternoon.