Brighton, Ontario, Canada / Brighton Today.ca
Dec 11, 2020 4:14 PM
Ontario Begins Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccine next week, with Phase One going to vaccinate Frontline Health Care Workers.
The Ontario government has developed a three-phase implementation plan to receive, store and administer COVID-19 vaccines to Ontarians as soon as they are received.
Phase One will begin on Tuesday (Dec 15), with a pilot project in Toronto and Ottawa which will include the vaccination of over 2,500 health care workers with the Health Canada approved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Details were provided today by Premier Doug Ford, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones and General Rick Hillier (retired), Chair of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force.