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Updated February 19, 2021
A medical worker shows a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on February 12, 2021 at the Tapparelli Retirement Home in Saluzzo, near Cuneo, Northwestern Italy, during a vaccination campaign for people over 80. PHOTO: Marco Bertorello / AFP
Germany is donating an additional 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) to boost the rollout of vaccines in the world’s poorest countries, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said Friday, increasing an earlier contribution of 600 million euros.
“Today we want to make clear: we stand with the poorest countries. Germany is providing a further 1.5 billion euros for Covax, WHO, and others,” Scholz said in a statement.
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NEW CASES IN ONTARIO AND MORE COVID-19 UPDATES
Ontario on Sunday reported 981 new COVID-19 cases and 42 new deaths, bringing those totals to 285,868 and 6,693, respectively, since January 2020.
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Peel, York and Toronto remained the province’s worst-hit areas, with 209, 171 and 122 new cases, respectively, reported in the 24-hour period ending Saturday afternoon.
The province also reported 49 new cases in Ottawa, for a total of 13,942.
The Eastern Ontario Health Unit reported seven new cases, while Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington added three. Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District reported no new cases, while Renfrew County and District reduced its case count by one.