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TORONTO – Since Covid vaccines became available, here in Canada the idea of mandatory vaccination has remained taboo. Now, faced with the surge in infections caused by the Omicron variant, with the vertical increase in hospitalizations, hospitalizations in intensive care and deaths, the idea of making vaccination mandatory begins to be a topic of debate.
TORONTO – The race for the booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine continues unstoppable. Telephone lines to make reservations have been hot since the province started bookings. And so today the city of Toronto made available from January 1st to 3 another 14 thousand new appointments at its clinics.
TORONTO – Booking the booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has become a titanic undertaking. At least in Ontario. Since yesterday all the adults in the province who received the second dose at least three months ago can do the third dose but most of those who have tried to book online on the government portal, have been speechless: there are no places in January, the recall will be possible to do it starting from February.
TORONTO – There is no more time to waste, at least more than that lost so far between hesitations and non-decisions. The provincial government announced today that the third dose of the vaccine will be open to all citizens aged 18 and over from Monday. Not only that: it will be possible to do it three months (and no longer six) from the second one. An acceleration first hoped for and then supported by the Ontario Science Table which just today returned to call for rapid measures to curb the surge in cases due, in all probability, to the Omicron variant, much more infectious than the Delta. But let’s go in order. (more…)
TORONTO – Booster doses to all Ontario residents starting January 4 and QR code required as proof of vaccination. The increase in Covid-19 cases and concerns about the Omicron variant, according to virologists even more infectious than the previous ones, have prompted the Ontario government to make changes to the virus containment plan. (more…)
