Ontario to Announce Vaccine Task Force Friday, Group Will Plan Rollout

Ontario to Announce Vaccine Task Force Friday, Group Will Plan Rollout
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and former head of the Canadian Armed Forces Gen. Rick Hillier look over a map in the Premier's office at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Nov. 27, 2020. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
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TORONTO—Ontario will unveil its COVID-19 vaccine task force on Friday, said Premier Doug Ford, pledging that the province will be ready to distribute the doses whenever they arrive.

Under increasing pressure to reveal details of the vaccination plan, Ford said Thursday that the task force is being finalized. It will include medical, information technology, and logistics experts, as well as a bioethicist, the government said.