Canada s largest provinces to soon offer Covid vaccines to all adults
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Ottawa (AFP)
The two Canadian provinces hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Ontario and Quebec, will make Covid vaccines available to all adults starting in May, officials said Thursday.
The health ministers for the provinces, which account for almost two-thirds of the country s population, said age eligibility for jabs would be lowered incrementally.
In Quebec that means eligibility for those 18 years and older by mid-May, with Ontario following a week later.
A ramp up of shipments to the provinces would allow authorities to accelerate our vaccine rollout and get more shots into arms, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said.
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Canada s largest provinces to soon offer Covid vaccines to all adults AFP 4/29/2021 AFP © Cole Burston The health minister for the provinces of Ontario and Quebec said age eligibility for jabs would be lowered incrementally
The two Canadian provinces hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Ontario and Quebec, will make Covid vaccines available to all adults starting in May, officials said Thursday.
The health ministers for the provinces, which account for almost two-thirds of the country s population, said age eligibility for jabs would be lowered incrementally.
In Quebec that means eligibility for those 18 years and older by mid-May, with Ontario following a week later.