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Posted: Apr 23, 2021 8:59 AM ET | Last Updated: April 23
Health-care workers prepare to test passengers as they arrive at Toronto s Pearson airport in this Feb. 1, 2021 photo after mandatory COVID-19 testing took effect for international arrivals. Public Health Ontario said Friday it has detected 36 cases of the B1617 variant first identified in India. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)
Ontario transfers dozens more COVID-19 patients as GTA ICUs buckle under 3rd wave
Ontario hospitals have transferred another 26 COVD-19 patients from intensive care units struggling to cope with the surging third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Posted: Apr 24, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 24
Paramedics with Ornge ambulance service load a patient outside Scarborough General Hospital on April 8, 2021.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Published Wednesday, April 21, 2021 6:25PM EDT Firefighters in Mississauga will soon administer vaccines to residents as the city prepares for the possibility that staff at its mass immunization clinics may be redeployed to support hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. At a news conference Wednesday, Mayor Bonnie Crombie said the city is finalizing a partnership with Trillium Health Partner to train firefighters on administering shots. We know that our hospitals are overwhelmed, and staff at the mass vaccination clinics may soon be recalled to help with critical care at the hospitals. If that happens, our firefighters will be ready to step up and keep getting vaccines in arms, Crombie said.