The province is out with it’s phased approach to administering COVID-19 vaccines.
The rollout comes on the heels of news that nearly 4,500 new infections were logged in Ontario over two days (1,939 on Monday and 2,553 on Tuesday).
The province did not report new COVID-19 case numbers yesterday.
At least 78 deaths related to the coronavirus were recorded in the last 48-hours, which pushes the provincial death toll to 4,455.
Phase 1
- Vaccines are available to health care workers and essential caregivers who work in hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement homes, and other congregate settings caring for seniors
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre will test the travel logistics in Northern Ontario and support the administration of the vaccine to Indigenous and remote communities
- These vaccination clinics are not open to the public
Phase 2
- Expected to begin later this winter
- Vaccinations will be expanded to all members of the groups in phase 1, additional congregate care settings and adults over 70 in expanded regions
Phase 3
- Vaccines will not be mandatory, but you are strongly encouraged to get vaccinated
- Early doses will be available for: Residents, staff, essential caregivers (including family caregivers) and other employees who work in congregate living settings providing care for seniors, health care workers, including hospital employees, other staff who work or study in hospitals and other health care personnel, adults in First Nations, Métis and Inuit populations, including those living in remote or isolated areas where risk of transmission is high
- The province will prioritize regions with the highest rates of COVID-19 infection
