Published Wednesday, May 5, 2021 1:07PM EDT The province says it is on track to administer first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to more than 60 per cent of Ontario residents aged 18 and older by the end of May. During a vaccine briefing on Wednesday afternoon, officials confirmed that thanks to consistent supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, about 65 per cent of all Ontario adults should receive their first shot by the end of the month. The province says it still intends to allow all adults in Ontario to book their first shot by the week of May 24 but available appointments for those vaccinations will vary from region to region.
TORONTO Ontario appears to have avoided a devastating scenario in which doctors in the province’s intensive care units (ICU) could have been forced to pick and choose who gets life-saving care and who doesn’t. Less than a month ago, an Ontario Health official had warned that reaching 900 COVID-19 patients in the ICU could result in a triage protocol that would see some of the oldest and sickest patients not receive the highest level of care available. On Tuesday, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott told CP24 that arrows are starting to point away from this worst-case scenario, despite the number of ICU patients hovering near that threshold.
Doug Ford says he d close Toronto s Pearson Airport immediately if he could
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A self-isolating Ontario Premier Doug Ford made no bones when speaking to reporters Friday on afternoon about who he thinks is responsible for the proliferation of deadly new viral variants across his province.
Needless to say, he s not blaming himself. or the inadequacy and lateness of his government s paid sick day proposal.
Rather, Ford chastised the federal government (again) over border restrictions that he and others have long warned would be too weak to stop the steady flow of COVID-19 into Canada.
Premier Doug Ford speaks during a Zoom news conference from the back yard of his Etobicoke home on Friday, April 30, 2021. Ford says too many people returning to Ontario are exploiting a loophole to avoid a federally-mandated quarantine. (Premier of Ontario/Zoom via Newswatch Group)
ETOBICOKE – Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will do everything in his power to try and secure the province’s “porous” borders and stop those travellers exploiting a loophole.
During a noon news conference in the back yard of his Etobicoke home Friday, Ford says too many returning Ontarians are trying to get around quarantining for three days at a federally-approved hotel while they await a COVID-19 test result.
Every adult in Ontario will be able to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment through the provincial portal by around May 24, with a dramatic increase in anticipated supply also allowing them to divert 50 per cent of all incoming doses to hot spot neighbourhoods for two weeks in May.