Non-frontline staff at Toronto hospitals reportedly receiving COVID-19 vaccine
by Laura Carney
Michael Garron Hospital on December 10 2020. Rylan Vallee/CityNews
Some questions are now being raised after Toronto hospital staff who don’t directly deal with patients have received the COVID-19 vaccine.
A leaked email from the University Health Network on Sunday, seen by the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail, revealed it had secured a limited number of vaccines from Newmarket’s Southlake Regional Health Centre and was offering them to all staff, including researchers.
The Pfizer COVID-19 shot must be used within six hours of being thawed and prepared, sometimes leaving hospitals to scramble to find recipients when there are extra doses, which is reportedly what happened in Newmarket.
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