Ontario Expedites COVID-19 Vaccinations in Long Term Care as Military Lends Support

Ontario Expedites COVID-19 Vaccinations in Long Term Care as Military Lends Support
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton listen as they are briefed on COVID-19 Rapid Test Device kits at Humber River Hospital in Toronto, on Nov. 24, 2020. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press
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Canada’s largest province plans to administer the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in all nursing and high-risk retirement homes by the middle of next month as it works to boost its immunization capacity.

The Ontario government says it is stepping up immunizations in long-term care homes now that it has protocols in place to safely transport the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which has strict storage requirements.