Published Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:39AM EST The dates for when members of the general population can be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Ontario will be significantly accelerated if additional vaccine candidates are approved for use in Canada, a member of the province s vaccine distribution task force said on Thursday. Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases specialist who sits on the province s 10-member vaccine distribution task force, told CP24 that the timelines presented on Wednesday are a worst-case scenario. Hillier added that the province expects to begin vaccinating those over the age of 75 starting on April 15 and people over 70 one month later. The target date for vaccinating people 65 and over is June 1, Hillier said, and July 1 for people 60 and over.
Ontario reported 1,087 new COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths on Sunday. The province also reported there are more than 400 cases of variants of concern in Ontario.
The province s top public health officials will appear next week before an independent commission investigating how and why COVID-19 spread in long-term care homes in Ontario.
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