Racialized Adults on Revised Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Priority List

Racialized Adults on Revised Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Priority List
A man gets his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine administered during mass vaccinations at Coors Field baseball stadium in Denver, Colo., on Jan. 30, 2021. Chet Strange/AFP via Getty Images
The Canadian Press
Updated:

OTTAWA—Adults from racialized communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic should be prioritized for shots in the second stage of the vaccination campaign, says new guidance from Canada’s national advisory committee on immunization.

The advice also would see all essential workers who can’t do their jobs from home moved into the second stage, instead of focusing on health workers with lower-risk jobs.