The Ontario government said Friday that it is accelerating its second-dose COVID-19 vaccine rollout and will allow more groups to book an earlier second-dose appointment starting next week.
Posted: May 27, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 27
Carson Lam, left, with his brother Benson and mom Kim at Great China Herbs Centre, their store in Toronto s Chinatown.(Submitted by Carson Lam)
At Carson Lam s family health store in Toronto s Chinatown, customers often drop by in search of a COVID-19 vaccine.
They have many questions about where and when to get their shot and concerns about its safety, but few answers in a language they can easily understand, said Lam, 23, director of The Great China Herbs Centre. It d be great if there were pamphlets they were handing out or putting into mailboxes in Chinese about where you get the vaccine and how to get the vaccine. All this information. But I have not seen anything like that, Lam told CBC News.
Toronto appeals to more residents to get COVID-19 vaccine this weekend
The City of Toronto says it hopes to encourage at least 1,869 people to take advantage of COVID-19 vaccines appointments available this Monday.
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Posted: May 24, 2021 9:43 AM ET | Last Updated: May 24 I am confident that this will be our last long weekend in lockdown thanks to your efforts, said Mayor John Tory.(CBC)
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Premier Doug Ford on Thursday extended the stay-at-home order until June 2.
It’s the second time that the government has extended the emergency measure, which was scheduled to expire May 20. It means that the order, which began April 8, will continue for a total of almost eight weeks.
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It signals that Ford, 14 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, after three waves of infections, more than half a million cases, over 8,400 deaths and the near collapse of health care, has finally learned some hard lessons.