January 9, 2021
There have been some questions about when the COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Chatham-Kent.
The province is reportedly struggling with a lack of supply, despite the slow rollout to the vaccination program. Provincial officials say they’ve been pressuring the federal government to get more doses as soon as possible.
Chatham-Kent’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Colby says he is working on it.
“There have been some signals from the province that we’ll be getting vaccines before the end of this month,” Dr. Colby says. “I’m in constant touch with Ministry officials to try and solidify that. The more we can get and the sooner we get it, the happier I’m going to be.”
Queensland has again recorded no new cases of COVID-19 but the Premier and Chief Health Officer are refusing to say if lockdown will be lifted tomorrow.
The Mount Druitt Hospital emergency department in western Sydney is expected to reopen on Monday morning after it closed for deep cleaning on Sunday night after a coronavirus case.