The province is putting the coronavirus vaccine rollout into high gear.
Those who are 40 years of age and above will be able to book their vaccination as of 8:00 a.m. Thursday through their local health unit or the provincial booking system.
Earlier this week the portal opened up to individuals with at-risk health conditions and Group Two of people who cannot work from home.
When it comes to the next steps of the AstraZeneca pause, there’s no official decision as to how to proceed. Ontario is scheduled to receive 254,500 doses of that vaccine next week and has another 50,000 that are not being used.
The the Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams put a pause on using AstraZeneca for first doses on Tuesday, pointing to concerns of serious blood clots caused by the condition called Vaccine Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia, or VITT.
The province has requested the help of Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) for direction on how to proceed with the interchangeability of COVID-19 vaccines.
As of Wednesday over 50 per cent of the population aged 18 years and above have had their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
