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Staff shortages caused by Omicron have left many seniors’ facilities relying heavily on Ottawa Public Health to manage vaccinations and outbreaks. This is…
It has been one year since the first COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in Ottawa. In that time, more than nearly 1.8 million doses have been administered locally.
Those counts come back later due to the slow process of health workers inputting data from off-site clinics. Bottom line is, the province has used at least 70% of the doses they have received and some of the remaining doses need to be given this week as second shots. There is a shipment of 80,925 Pfizer doses coming sometime this week but at this point, they have not arrived. A shipment of 56,700 Moderna doses will come sometime this week and then a shipment every three weeks. All told, though, according to the federal schedule, Ontario will receive enough doses over the next several weeks to...
Author of the article: Staff Reporter Publishing date: Jan 03, 2021 • January 3, 2021 • 1 minute read • The Experimental Farm was a popular place to be in Ottawa Sunday Aug 16, 2020. Family and friends gathered to take photos in front of the many millions of sun flowers Sunday. Lucken Calixte holds up his daughter Afair Heart in the sun flowers. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia Article content Well, 2020 was definitely a memorable year, to say the least. The novel coronavirus pandemic is what most people will remember 50 years from now but the past year has been about...