OTTAWA Long lines form outside pharmacies as people hunt for vaccines, Ottawa police turn Ontario-bound drivers away, and one of the biggest names in the NHL gives a special gift to health-care workers in Ottawa. CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at the five most viewed stories on our website this week. Frontline hospital staff in Ottawa received a generous surprise from an NHL star on Friday. P.K. Subban, the former Montreal Canadiens defenceman now with the New Jersey Devils, sent lunch over to the ICU staff at the Ottawa Hospital Civic campus through his charitable foundation. I just want to thank the medical heroes at Ottawa’s Civic Hospital, specifically the team in the ICU, for all the hard work that you guys have done helping patients, especially the patients that can’t see their family,” Subban said in a video.
Fast Facts: A long line formed outside an Ottawa Loblaws after a tip that walk-in vaccinations were being offered Monday. Ottawa Public Health reported fewer than 200 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, but also five additional deaths from the disease. New figures show one third of all Ottawa residents eligible for COVID-19 vaccines have received at least one dose. People booking vaccine appointments on multiple wait lists are leading to dozens of cancellations and no-shows at vaccine clinics across the city. Ottawa police turned away dozens of drivers trying to cross into the city from Gatineau on the weekend.
COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data):
OTTAWA A long line snaked around the Loblaws at College Square in Ottawa’s west end Monday morning, as residents lined up for the chance to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Hundreds of people lined up outside the store shortly after the Twitter account Vaccine Hunters Canada said the pharmacy at Loblaws was accepting walk-ins to receive the shot between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. As of 8 a.m. Monday, the line stretched around Loblaws and extended down Baseline Road the length of the neighbouring Home Depot. There were 100 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine available at the pharmacy Monday morning.
A long line snaked around the Loblaws at College Square in Ottawa’s west end Monday morning, as residents lined up for the chance to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.