OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 181 more people in the city have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died. This brings Ottawa s pandemic total to 22,405 laboratorty-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 484 resident deaths. The number of known active cases of COVID-19 declined on Wednesday, as did the number of COVID-19 patients in local hospitals. The weekly incidence rate of new cases per 100,000 residents has fallen below 200, and the estimated reproduction number, which shows how many secondary cases are caused by a single infected individual over his or her infectious period, remains below 1, suggesting that viral spread is slowing.
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People ages 40 and older in Ontario are now eligible to receive the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, but it remained unclear Tuesday whether supply would meet local demand.
In a media teleconference Tuesday, Dr. Ethan Toumishey, a family doctor and public-health resident with Hastings-Prince Edward Public Health, said he had no information the current or future supply of that vaccine.
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It’s administered mainly through pharmacies, which receive shipments directly from the province. The local health unit is not involved.
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Premierâs office says Ford in talks to head off delayed deliveries
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is reportedly taking the hunt for new vaccine deliveries directly to the source, international pharmacy firms who produce the life-saving solutions.
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After months of delays of shipments through the federal government, Ford is appealing directly to suppliers globally asking for assistance for Ontarians as criticism mounts by political opponents of his handling of the pandemic.
Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, told reporters Tuesday the premier is attempting to broker more vaccines directly from the manufacturers.
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