Ottawa area athletes compete in the Olympics and empty spots at vaccination clinics: Five stories to watch this week Digital Multi-Skilled Journalist Josh Pringle Health-care worker Thi Nguyen administers Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at a COVID-19 clinic in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS) Empty appointment slots at Ottawa's COVID-19 vaccine clinics, council prepares for a summer break and Ottawa athletes set to take on the world at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at five stories to watch this week. WATCHING THE COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS All eyes will be on the COVID-19 case numbers this week, following a slight uptick in new cases in Ottawa over the weekend and the move to Step 3.