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Published Tuesday, April 6, 2021 7:41AM EDT Premier Doug Ford is expected to provide an update on Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination plan today amid calls for the province to inoculate more essential workers, including teachers. On Monday, Mayor John Tory said the city is considering a strategy to take vaccine doses directly to certain factories and other high-risk workplaces in an effort to curb outbreaks of the virus. Other municipal leaders in the Greater Toronto Area have made similar pleas to vaccinate essential workers, including Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie. Many groups of essential workers in Ontario are being prioritized for the shot but not until later in Phase 2 of the province’s vaccination plan.
WINDSOR, ONT. The Ontario government is moving into Phase Two of its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, with a focus on reaching individuals in hot spot communities, including some areas in Windsor-Essex. The areas are listed by postal code where COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted certain neighbourhoods. Premier Doug Ford, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones gave details of the rollout on Tuesday. The province says it is supporting regions to vaccinate individuals aged 50 and over by postal code in these COVID-19 hot spot zones. This phase will also prioritize individuals with the highest-risk health conditions in April 2021.
TORONTO Premier Doug Ford is set to provide an update on Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout Tuesday. The update comes a day after Toronto Mayor John Tory mulled taking on a targeted approach to vaccinating people in high-risk neighbourhoods and workplaces as case numbers in the city climb. Ontario is currently vaccinating the province’s elderly population and those working in highest-risk settings, like hospitals and long-term care homes. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) echoed Tory’s recommendation by calling on the government to begin vaccinating education workers and all other essential workers in the hardest-hit regions of the province.
Doug Ford says more Ontario lockdown restrictions will be announced tomorrow
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It s looking more and more like another stay-at-home order is about to be issued in Ontario or at least for people in the hot spot regions of Toronto, Peel and York as COVID-19 variants spread beyond anything we ve seen before.
Premier Doug Ford even went so far as to promise further restrictions moving forward, very very quickly while speaking at a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday.
Joined by Health Minister Christine Elliott and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones, Ford was providing an update on the province s vaccination plan but reporters took the conversation in a different direction during his Q&A, grilling the Premier on what s coming next in terms of lockdown rules.