The government is out with a hard date to vaccinate those in long-term care homes in priority regions of Ontario.
Officials indicate that by January 21st all residents, health care workers and essential caregivers in Toronto, Peel, York and Windsor-Essex will receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
Frontline health care workers who participated in the Pfizer pilot program in Toronto and Ottawa will receive their second doses this week.
In a release, officials indicate approximately 2 million vaccine doses are expected to arrive during Phase One of the province’s vaccine implementation plan.
“Ontario continues to make important progress in quickly and safely vaccinating our frontline health care workers, our most vulnerable and those at greatest risk, and we continue to administer doses to thousands of Ontarians across the province,” indicates Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “Our Vaccination Distribution Task Force, led by General Rick Hillier, has put a plan in place to get these doses distributed and administered as quickly as possible and that plan is working.”