Less than one week after Ontario began enforcing its vaccine certificate, pharmacists and family physicians say they’re receiving more harassment from anti-vaxxers.
TORONTO The Ontario government is expanding its pharmacy vaccine rollout by bringing Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna into dozens of pharmacies heavily impacted by COVID-19 for people 18 years of age and older. So far, 78 pharmacies in Toronto and Peel Region are offering Pfizer, while Moderna is going to 60 pharmacies in York Region, Durham Regions, Hamilton, Windsor-Essex and Ottawa. Locations can be accessed online. “Specifically targeting the hardest hit areas, hopefully raise the vaccination rates and provide even more reasons for people to get vaccinated,” said Justin Bates with the Ontario Pharmacists Association. Ramon Lawrence, an essential worker, said he struggled booking his shot through the provincial system, but managed to get a walk-in appointment Saturday in Toronto’s Weston neighbourhood at Friendly Care West King Pharmacy.
TORONTO Pharmacists across Canada are calling for increased access to the countryâs supply of COVID-19 vaccines as lineups for doses mount. In places like Toronto, London, Ont. and Victoria, B.C., lineups for vaccines can be seen circling the block, prompting pharmacists to speak up about their own unused capabilities to help. âThat s just not an equitable system,â Khalid Bhatti, a pharmacist in Mississauga, Ont., told CTV News. âWe re kind of having people go and line up like animals to get the vaccine when we ve got channels in place.â In April, the Canadian Pharmacists Association called for their further inclusion in Canadaâs vaccine rollout, arguing that that âthousands of pharmacies across the country are still waiting to get involved.â
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