Ontario changes COVID-19 vaccination plans after slowing rollout [1]:
> Ontario has changed its COVID-19 vaccination plan to give a first dose to as many people as possible and no longer hold second doses in reserve
General Rick Hillier (retired) to Provide an Update at Queen's Park [2] today at 11am EST which is currently shown in the upcoming "Live" tab of CPAC [3].
The update by Rick Hillier is complete [1]. For Ontario residents, the key new information:
- clinic holiday shutdown was a mistake; daily operation will now be the norm
- first Moderna shipment arrives within 24 hrs, will be distributed outside clinics
- the vaccination rate is currently limited by supply
- 80K Pfizer / 50K Moderna per week in January
- Phase 1 (vulnerable and health care workers): Jan-Mar (~1M)
- Phase 2 (expanded distribution): Apr-Jul (~8M vaccinated total)
- sentiment: over 80% of population willing to vaccinate as soon as possible
- Hillier requested that Health Canada consider a 1-dose Moderna regiment
> Ontario has changed its COVID-19 vaccination plan to give a first dose to as many people as possible and no longer hold second doses in reserve
General Rick Hillier (retired) to Provide an Update at Queen's Park [2] today at 11am EST which is currently shown in the upcoming "Live" tab of CPAC [3].
[1] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-chang...
[2] https://news.ontario.ca/en/advisory/59836/general-rick-hilli...
[3] https://www.cpac.ca/en/