What s behind Ontario s abrupt shift toward vaccinating everyone in COVID-19 hotspots
Premier Doug Ford s government has frequently altered its COVID-19 strategies, but none of those changes have seemed quite so abrupt as this week s announcement that everyone in Ontario s hardest-hit neighbourhoods aged 18 and up can get vaccinated.
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Posted: Apr 04, 2021 2:41 PM ET | Last Updated: April 4
Dr. Homer Tien, president and CEO of Ornge Air Ambulance and a trauma surgeon, will be operational lead of the task force as the province prepares to move into Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, according to Stephen Warner, spokesperson for Solicitor General Sylvia Jones.(Rachel Scott/Ornge)
The Ontario government says it has chosen Dr. Homer Tien, the CEO and president of Ornge Air Ambulance, to lead its COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force.
Tien, also a trauma surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, will be the operational lead of the task force as the province prepares to move into Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, according to Stephen Warner, spokesperson for Solicitor General Sylvia Jones.