Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday that the province is working with public health units to prepare its phase two vaccination plan, which includes building and expanding the province’s capacity to immunize residents. “I want to assure the people of this great province that we are ready to get vaccines into as many arms as possible, we simply need the supply,” Ford said in a statement, adding that the province has administered over half a million COVID-19 vaccine doses to date. Unexpected reductions in supply and delayed shipments in early February forced Ontario to focus on vaccinating the province’s highest risk resident populations, Ford’s office said in a statement. The province is now working to vaccinate the remaining Phase One populations by early March, including staff and residents long-term care homes, high-risk retirement homes, First Nations elder care homes, and those aged 80 and above. The province said it will continue …
Ontario Announces Plans for Phase Two Vaccinations, Stay-at-Home Order Remains in Toronto and Peel
February 19, 2021
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