COVID-19 vaccine-related scams targeting the county’s elderly population.The health unit opened its vaccine pre-registration to members of the public 90 and older on Thursday, whereby residents register and are contacted later by the health unit to book an appointment time at a vaccination clinic.Not long after launching pre-registration, however, the health unit said it received several reports of suspicious phone calls targeting senior residents.
Canada approves Johnson & Johnson’s 1-shot COVID-19 vaccine In a few instances, residents thought they were contacting the health unit, but instead wound up talking to someone asking them to make a fee payment to book an appointment for the vaccine, says Donna Schmidtmeyer, supervisor of health.