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Use mobile vaccinations to reach Ontario s 75,000 homebound seniors, says COVID-19 science table
Mobile in-home vaccinations are imperative as Ontario looks to dampen the surge in COVID-19 cases, experts warn. They say more than a quarter of those aged 75 and up have still not received a single dose of a vaccine, nor have they booked an appointment to receive one.
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Ford to impose Ontario-wide shutdown as 3rd wave of COVID-19 hits hard
With a record number of COVID-19 patients in Ontario s intensive care units and its highest-ever rate of new cases in schools, multiple sources say Premier Doug Ford will on Thursday announce plans to move the whole province into what the government describes as shutdown measures.
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Posted: Apr 01, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 1
Ontario Premier Doug Ford s government announced Thursday that it s putting the entire province under new restrictions for 28 days.(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)
COVID in Pa.: All Pa. adults can sign up for COVID shot April 19; cases keep rising but easing of restrictions Easter Sunday still on | COVID-19 vaccine map (03/31/2021)
Updated Mar 31, 2021;
Any Pennsylvanian 16 or older will be able to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine on April 19 and many essential workers will become eligible sooner, some as early as Wednesday.
The news of the state’s accelerated vaccination rollout was announced Wednesday just before the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 4,557 new COVID-19 infections and 44 more deaths, bringing the total to 1,024,857 cases and 25,093 lives lost since the virus was first detected last March.