A Live Report of the Pop-Up Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic at the Aga Khan Museum and Aga Khan Park

Note: The post was updated at 17:00 hours on May 15, 2021 with more photos — Ed.

A view of the tents set up outside the Aga Khan Museum to administer Covid-19 vaccines. Patients receive the vaccine in the tent at left and then proceed to the tent at right where they are asked to wait for 15-30 minutes before being released from the clinic. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.

By MALIK MERCHANT
(Publisher-Editor, Barakah, Simerg and Simergphotos)

What a gorgeous day in Toronto! With mostly sunny skies and a nice temperature of 17°C at around 10AM, residents neighboring the Aga Khan Museum as well as other hot spot areas in Toronto are steadily showing up to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Two large tents have been set up — one to administer the vaccine and the second tent is a waiting area for those who have received the vaccine for any unexpected changes in their health or allergic reactions. Patients are asked to wait for 15-30 minutes before they can leave the clinic.

The administration of Moderna doses began shortly after 8AM on Saturday, May 15, 2021. It will continue for the remainder of the day until the supply of 2500 doses runs out. None of the patients I spoke to had any immediate reaction to the vaccine, and they were delighted to walk away with a beautiful Aga Khan Museum tote bag as well as a stick-on-label proclaiming “I GOT MY COVID-19 VACCINE.” The bag is being offered to the first 500 recipients of the vaccine (by around 12:45PM, the bag supplies had run ou). The clinic is a collaborative initiative of the Michael Garron Hospital, East Toronto Health Partners, Ismaili CIVIC, Aga Khan Museum and Aga Khan Park. I commence the post with a few photos from this morning’s clinic followed by photos taken in early afternoon, and conclude the piece with an (unedited) interview I conducted with two lady recipients of the Covid-19 Moderna vaccine.

Volunteers cut up stick-on labels bearing the words “I Got My Covid-19 Vaccine” for everyone who receives the vaccine. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Covid-19 clinic Aga Khan Park and Aga Khan Museum
Early morning line up — approximately 7:52AM — at the north end of the Aga Khan Museum building for the Covid-19 walk-in clinic held on Saturday May 15, 2021. By early afternoon, the line-up extended onto the east side of the building and far into Aga Khan Park, as shown in photos published near the bottom of this post. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
A view of the tents set up on the front section of the Aga Khan Museum building to administer the Covid-19 vaccine. May 15, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
A stack of Aga Khan Museum tote bags that were offered to the first 500 recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine at the special Aga Khan Museum pop-up clinic on May 15, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
One of the earliest patients (blue cap) in the line-up is welcomed into the tent set up at the Aga Khan Museum to receive his Covid-19 vaccine. May 15, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
A patient receives a tote bag as a gift for being one of the first 500 recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine in the pop-up clinic held at the Aga Khan Museum on May 15, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Covid-19 vaccine recipients hold up their Aga Khan Museum tote bags that they received for being among the first 500 patients to be vaccinated at the pop-in clinic held at the Aga Khan Museum on May 15, 2021 . Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Covid-19 vaccine recipients hold up their Aga Khan Museum tote bags that they received for being among the first 500 patients to be vaccinated at the pop-in clinic held at the Aga Khan Museum on May 15, 2021 . Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Covid-19 vaccine Moderna Aga Khan Museum
A puppy joins its owners who received the Covid-19 vaccine at the pop-in clinic held at the Aga Khan Museum on May 15, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Covid-19 vaccine recipients hold up their Aga Khan Museum tote bags that they received for being among the first 500 patients to be vaccinated at the pop-in clinic held at the Aga Khan Museum on May 15, 2021 . Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Walk in Covid-19 clinic Aga Khan Museum
A couple have their photo taken after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine at the pop-in clinic held at the Aga Khan Museum on May 15, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Covid-19 vaccine recipients hold up their Aga Khan Museum tote bags that they received for being among the first 500 patients to be vaccinated at the pop-in clinic held at the Aga Khan Museum on May 15, 2021 . Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
A Covid-19 vaccine recipient hold his gift of the Aga Khan Museum tote bag that he received for being among the first 500 patients to be vaccinated at the pop-in clinic held at the Aga Khan Museum on May 15, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
More people arrived for Covid-19 vaccination late in the morning, and especially in early afternoon. The line-up seen in this photo is at the east side of the Aga Khan Museum building, and overflows far into Aga Khan Park as shown in photos below. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Another view of the line-up for Covid-19 vaccination at the east side of the Aga Khan Museum building, which then extended far into Aga Khan Park as shown in the next 2 photos. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Line up for Covid-19 vaccination at the clinic set up outside the Aga Khan Museum overflows into Aga Khan Park by 2PM. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Another view of the line up for Covid-19 vaccination held at the Aga Khan Museum that stretches far into Aga Khan Park by 2PM. May 15, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
A musician keeps the crowd entertained at the afternoon session of the Covid-19 pop-up vaccination clinic hosted on May 15, 2021 by Aga Khan Museum and Aga Khan Park. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.
Covid-19 vaccines at Aga Khan Museum, Simerg photos, Malik Merchant
The Aga Khan Museum parking lots, both outside and underground, were very busy during the pop-up Covid-19 clinics held on May 15, 2021. Photo: © Malik Merchant/Simergphotos.

VIDEO: INTERVIEW WITH RECIPIENTS OF THE MODERNA COVID-19 VACCINE AT THE POP-UP CLINIC AT AGA KHAN MUSEUM

Note: This was a spontaneous unprepared interview that the ladies agreed to give.

Date posted: May 15, 2021.
Last updated: May 16, 2021 (report update and typos).

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